“It is no limitation upon property rights or freedom of contract to require that when men receive from government the privilege of doing business under corporate form... they shall do so under absolutely truthful representations... Great corporations exist only because they were created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.” MenGovernmentFormBusinessRightsDutyHarmonyInstitutionsPropertyPrivilegeLimitationCorporateCorporationsContractsTruthfulRepresentationProperty Rights Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Money-getters are the benefactors of our race. To them ... are we indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our academies, colleges and churches.” ArtChurchBusinessRaceCollegeInstitutionsAcademyIndebtedBenefactors Book:Art of Money Getting Source: Art of Money Getting
“In the early 1970s, Milton Friedman argued that corporations should not be socially responsible because they had no mandate to be; they existed to make money, not to be charitable institutions. But in the economy of the 21st century, corporations cannot be socially responsible, if social responsibility is understood to mean sacrificing profits for the sake of some perceived social good. That's because competition has become so much more intense.” IfsShouldMeanSocialBusinessResponsibilityEconomySacrificeCenturyUnderstoodResponsibleInstitutionsCompetitionSakeProfitIntenseMaking MoneyCorporations21st CenturySocial ResponsibilityMandatesCharitableMiltonSocial Good Author:Robert Reich
“The downside, of course, is that over time religions become encrusted with precepts and ideas that are the antithesis of soul, as each faith tries to protect its doctrines and institution instead of nurturing the evolution of consciousness. If one is not careful to distinguish the genuine insights of a religion from its irrelevant accretions, one can go through life following an inappropriate moral compass.” IfsTryingIdeasSoulFaithCoursesBusinessConsciousnessMoralEvolutionProtectInstitutionsCarefulFollowingInsightGenuineDoctrineIrrelevantCompassNurturingInappropriateAntithesisMoral Compass Book:Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning Source: Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning