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The growing importance of corporate conscience

Guided by a sense of right and wrong, companies are increasingly balancing the interests of all stakeholders.

Published Sun, Aug 9, 2020 · 09:50 PM
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THE economist Milton Friedman famously wrote that "there is one and only one social responsibility of business - to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits". Covid-19 has, however, accelerated the evolution of organisations' broader value to society.

Over the past few months, c…

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