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The Capitalist and the Activist: Corporate Social Activism and the New Business of Change

Book by Tom C.W. Lin · 3 quotes · Corporations, Corporate, Activism

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“Being pragmatic means recognizing systemic flaws, shortcomings, and outright wrongs, yet nevertheless trying to make it work better. Being pragmatic means embracing reality in all of its contradictions, complexities, and ambiguities of the present and the past, while keeping your eyes on the prize for the future.”

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“Progress often requires pragmatism, not purity or perfection. We cannot work only with individuals and institutions that we agree with on every single position on every issue across every single point on a long timeline.”

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