Sharan Burrow Quotes

Markets need morals.

Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world.

As consumers and as voters we can say 'no' to rogue economics and demand regulation.

Many financial and industrial companies have been bailed out with the public's money, but very few of those who had run those companies have been punished for their failures. Yes, the top managers of those companies have lost their jobs - but with a fat pension and mostly with a handsome severance payment.

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

Can companies just claim a total lack of political responsibility in how their technology is used in all instances? It's something that companies should be thinking about when they sell their technologies around the world.

Why would you invest in a company which is out of synch with the needs of society, that does not take its social compliance in its supply chain seriously, that does not think about the costs of externalities or of its negative impacts on society?

All businesses that create wealth, pay their taxes and comply with the law are, by definition, good companies.

Technical problems can be remediated. A dishonest corporate culture is much harder to fix.

CEO compensation seems at time excessive but it should be up to the shareholders and boards of directors.

Our aim is not to do away with corporations; on the contrary, these big aggregations are an inevitable development of modern industrialism …. We are not hostile to them; we are merely determined that they shall be so handled as to subserve the public good. We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.

I think that whenever businesses harm the economy, harm workers, harm consumers, or undermine human rights in any way, then it is the role of the government to make sure that they don't do that and to make sure that markets are fair and they operate properly.

There's a myth out there that you have to genuflect at the altar of quarterly earnings. But it's a false choice that you can either be a good fiduciary or promote values such as environmental sustainability.

You can do clean business in India.

I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.

As a pro-business Democrat, I understand the obligations of publicly traded companies to maximize returns to shareholders.

Managing by values - not by profits - is a powerful process that will set your business on the path to becoming what I call a 'Fortunate 500' company.

I read Naomi Klein's 'No Logo' when I was 15. It's one of the things that's shaped my relationship to fame - to endorsements, to selling things.

I don't buy this thing that our industry is responsible for all the ills of the world. We have great people at JPMorgan Chase. We operate with a lot of rigor. Our clients are happy with us.

You can't just let companies self-regulate, and I've gotta think they get that, too.

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.

A lot of people say that I'm an activist CEO. I just think I'm a responsible leader of a business.

We capitalists? We want transparency.

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

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