Josh Hawley Quotes

Doing good business - being ethical, being transparent, being caring, implementing values in your business - makes a difference, and you make money at the same time.

How much harm does a company have to do before we question its right to exist?

A great business has to have a conscience. You have to know who you are and who you are not.

I'm less concerned about whether being a good corporate citizen burnishes a company's reputation. That's just an added benefit. I believe it's a responsibility, and there is no negotiating on responsibilities.

Whole Foods Market tries to embody all of the principles of conscious capitalism all the time, but like any person or company, we sometimes fall short.

The question is, do corporate executives, provided they stay within the law, have responsibilities in their business activities other than to make as much money for their stockholders as possible? And my answer to that is, no they do not.

For millennials, conducting business with a purpose that goes beyond making profits is critically important in determining the kind of company they want to work for - and the kind of company with whom they are willing to do business.

I believe we must go further in redefining what United's corporate citizenship looks like in our society... and we intend to live up to those higher expectations in the way we embody social responsibility and civic leadership everywhere we operate.

Companies and leaders are role models - not just with the business community - but in the broader world.

I think good companies can navigate being public and doing the right things for their customers.

Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making business serve long-term social values.

A social contract is the way out of this dilemma for corporations that want to lead in the 21st century by showing consumers how seriously they take customer loyalty and goodwill.

The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products.

It took a generation for companies to recognise their responsibilities in terms of labour practices and another generation for them to recognise their environmental obligations.

What today's business reality makes clear is that brands cannot survive in a society that is failing economically, socially, ethically, and morally.

Business practices and how we treat the planet are also in desperate need of re-humanization.

I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful.

I want our company to leave a legacy of learning to find the balance between what's good and what's good for you.

Leaders must be reminded that Businesses exist for the service of men.

I think CSR, corporate social responsibility, is something that is becoming front and center.

Now I know that Wal-Mart's policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in America.

A healthy corporation acts on the interests of its stakeholders and customers.

I don't think it's wrong for companies to work with the government. What's important is being trustworthy and honest with customers.

While they believe the pursuit of profit is important to sustaining a business, millennials also say that pursuit must be accompanied by a sense of purpose, by efforts to create innovative products or services, and, above all, by consideration of individuals as employees and members of society.

As business leaders, we should not choose between profit or good; rather, we must choose to profit from good. And that requires connecting what we do with a purpose beyond profit - a reason to exist that meets our shared sense of 'doing good.'