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The High-Purpose Company
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The High-Purpose Company

by Christine Arena
May 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h 38m
English
HarperCollins Publishers
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See the Bigger Picture

The whole problem is the machine—not simply the grinding gears of a globalizing economic system but an entire way of thinking.

—ELIZABETH DEBOLD, “THE BUSINESS OF SAVING THE WORLD”

In her March 2005 What Is Enlightenment? magazine article, “The Business of Saving the World,” journalist Elizabeth Debold posed a provocative question to thirty of the most progressive change makers in business today. She asked: What would happen if corporations, filled with the creative potential of thousands of human beings, were to wake up to the true interconnectivity among themselves, the planet, and its people?1 In other words, what if corporate decision makers finally recognized that there is no division between business, society, ...

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