Blake Farenthold Quotes

I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work.

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

Actually, that issue of 'Don't be evil' is probably the number one reason we throw out ideas.

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

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

If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn't have done it.

We're making a lot of changes at Gap Inc., but as our Social Responsibility Report demonstrates, doing business the right way is still extremely important to us.

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

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.

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

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.

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

The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.

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.

Executives can no longer hide behind the corporate veil. They need to be accountable for what their companies do, because entities are responsible for socially irresponsible behavior.

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.

You have to decide who you are going to serve - stockholders or your customers.

Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.

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

Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.

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

How many big businesses don't resort to underhand means?

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.

Killing Intel, I, I just had to resign from the Apple Board.

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.