Muhtar Kent Quotes

Businessmen need to understand the challenges of society and contribute to solving them.

Business can be a source of progressive change.

The thing we should all be looking for are people who want to make a difference. I'm a big believer in the Silicon Valley religion of the power of markets. But I also believe in our obligation to give back, and to give back in the way we do business, to create more value than we capture for ourselves.

The question remains: which brands will commit to creating a private sector pillar of social change, and which will become casualties of their own outdated thinking?

Charitable involvement, social impact, and global responsibility have always been important at Bain Capital.

I truly believe that philanthropy and commerce can work together.

We need business to understand its social responsibility, that the main task and objective for a business is not to generate extra income and to become rich and transfer the money abroad, but to look and evaluate what a businessman has done for the country, for the people, on whose account he or she has become so rich.

The private sector must play a role in ensuring the prosperity and health of the people who comprise its market. It is time for the private sector to become a proactive partner contributing to the efforts of governments and philanthropies.

It is time for corporate America to become 'the third pillar' of social change in our society, complementing the first two pillars of government and philanthropy. We need the entire private sector to begin committing itself not just to making profits, but to fulfilling higher and larger purposes by contributing to building a better world.

I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century.

If you had told me when I was at high school that one day I would be working for a for-profit company, let alone running one, I would have said you were crazy. But I am interested in how you can empower individuals to make change, and Causes is doing just that.

I believe business has to do well and that the surrounding communities do well.

The corporate world has the resources to improve the world. It's where people live and work.

Business must be the solution, not the problem.

I have set up several businesses as social businesses, and I am a great believer that the power of business should be used for good.

The aim of a business is not simply profit, but to form a particular group at the service of the whole of society.

Can you imagine what a different world we will live in when businesses do what's right for the communities and the environment in everything they do?

I believe always you should have a philanthropic heart inside but business way. Because you have to get things done. That is what scientists tell us how to do properly. Business should tell us how to get things done efficiently. And government should have the good environment and the foundations of researching.

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

The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has long been used as an effective lens through which to examine the actions business can take toward ensuring mutual long-term well-being and sustainability.

The tech industry should make bold commitments to address pressing societal issues.

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.'

If you're not in the business to improve society, you shouldn't be in business.

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

The companies that are the most influential and most successful are the ones that care about impact and the influence they have on the world.