Richard Cordray Quotes

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

It's not a question of McDonald's vanishing from the face of the earth. It's a question of these companies assuming some more responsibility for what they're selling.

Corporate responsibility extends not only to the customers, the resources and the workers of the present, but also to those of the future.

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.

It is important to remember that all business has an impact on the lives of real people.

More and more companies are reaching out to their suppliers and contractors to work jointly on issues of sustainability, environmental responsibility, ethics, and compliance.

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.

Business must be the solution, not the problem.

You can do clean business in India.

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.

CEOs must go beyond working with policy-makers on new regulatory frameworks. They must also commit to the principle that success cannot be measured by profitability and growth alone.

Perhaps the single most effective antagonist of American business is Ralph Nader, who - thanks largely to the media - has become a legend in his own time and an idol of millions of Americans.

I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.

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.

Corporate executives need to re-frame their responsibilities to include the interests of all the stakeholders in society at large; not just shareholders, but also employees, the citizens of our communities, and those who care about the environment.

In America, we no longer have an institutionalized, organized way of calling business to task - of taking them to account for what they've done - and this is especially true in the cultural realm.

I wear two hats. The one is business and increasing my shareholders' value; the other is social responsibility.

Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.

I believe our philosophy of conscious capitalism will eventually be widely adopted primarily because it is a better way to do business, and it creates more total value in the world for all of its stakeholders.

Businesses typically look at issues like price, quality, time of delivery. They don't often think about social and environmental impact because they're focused on their financial bottom line.

Understanding how your business affects human rights and using that knowledge to shape appropriate policies and practices is crucial to achieving what should be the goal of all corporations - sustainable growth.

I've never known of Wal-Mart to be a good neighbor in any town it's ever moved into.

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

Putting people before profits is how we've tried to operate from the beginning.