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Brian Stauffer
The Big Idea Series/Getting Serious About Stakeholder Capitalism

Power Sharing Can Change Corporations for the Better

May 13, 2021

Summary.   

In August 2019 more than 180 CEOs, representing some of America’s largest corporations, released a groundbreaking statement. They acknowledged that companies could no longer focus on serving shareholders at the expense of other stakeholders. The announcement was widely covered and seemed to signal a new era for business, one where the interests of employees, the environment, suppliers, and communities would be taken into more serious account.

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