If You're Curious About These Questions...
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- Did you know that the most widely accepted definition of a corporation’s purpose might be the single biggest driver of today's social and environmental disasters?
- Have you ever wondered why we treat profit as the primary goal of a business rather than a natural result of solving the world's problems?
- What if you could adopt a radical new economic framework where your company’s success and the well-being of the community are perfectly aligned?
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Key Takeaways from Prosperity
- Discover why the long-held Friedman doctrine of prioritizing shareholder profits has damaged society, and learn how to adopt a new business paradigm that balances financial gains with social good.
- Understand how the historic shift from family-owned, community-focused businesses to investor-owned transnational corporations led to the loss of long-term stakeholder commitments.
- Redefine the true meaning of business success by recognizing that a corporation's primary purpose is to solve community problems, with financial profit acting merely as a byproduct.
- Uncover the immense potential of modern corporations to act as powerful vehicles for positive global change by embracing accountability to both the environment and diverse local communities.
- Learn how to establish effective corporate governance that moves past tokenistic gestures to genuinely protect community interests alongside traditional shareholder needs.
Prosperity — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: It's time for a new corporate paradigm
Chapter 3: Corporations have severed their ties with communities
Chapter 4: Reframing purpose through effective governance
Chapter 5: Developing new metrics for performance
Chapter 6: Transforming through policy
Prosperity Summary & Overview
Prosperity (2018) examines how business thinking has led to our current state of social, political, and environmental disaster. Drawing on historical, legal, and economic knowledge, it presents a radical new framework in which both corporations and the broader community can flourish together.
Who Should Listen to Prosperity?
- Business leaders and company directors
- MBA students
- Economic policy developers wanting to fix our broken system
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