Julian Robertson Quotes

Industry leaders have the power to set standards.

I think most corporate executives are good honorable honest men and women who do good work.

I don't think there's anything wrong with being paternalistic as a company.

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to be carefully sown into the fabric of their companies.

I think the greatest CEOs in the United States, business, anyway, are the ones you don't hear too much about.

'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.

The future of any corporation is as good as the value system of the leaders and followers in the organization.

Sustainability includes how you run your business, and my bottom line includes how you treat your people. Sustainability starts with your staff.

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

People should be encouraged by things like awards given for corporate governance practices.

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.

We have to raise the bar on corporate governance. Shareholders want ethical behavior and honesty.

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

A corporation that is publicly traded, it has one goal: to make money. It doesn't have a soul. If it does have a soul, it comes from the people who run it.

It is no longer enough to have a good product. A company's purpose and the way it treats its employees and the global community to which it belongs is also of great importance.

I will always do what's best for the company.

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 often wonder what the world would be like if more companies were like Apple.

Google is a very responsible company. It's a generous company, but it's very frugal in many ways.

P&G started in 1837, Nestle in 1857. These companies have been around for so long because they are in tune with society. They are very responsible companies, despite the challenges that they sometimes deal with, all the criticism they get.

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

We did reach a wider audience with 'SNL,' but it's hard to know what attracts people to your band in the long run.

Globalization means that business strategy and business ethics cannot be separated from each other.

As a former CEO and senior executive, there was a time when I did not quite understand the profound impact a CEO has on the culture of a company, even though I always knew culture was important.

I am deeply honored by the trust the board has placed in me to lead Duke Energy. I have a high degree of confidence in the strength of our company's leadership and dedicated employees.