The New Purpose of Companies
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Companies are no longer responsible for just making money. Increasingly, they’re discovering a responsibility for their employees and communities. In this project, Quartz at Work explores the major economic, demographic, and political shifts driving this trend and examines the important new ways in which business leaders are responding to the call.
Illustration by Henri Campeã
- RECOMMENDEDFive books to read now about the purpose of companiesQuartz at Work • December 18, 2019
- BIG SHOESWho will replace Paul Polman as the face of sustainable capitalism?Quartz at Work • December 18, 2019
- WIDE AWAKEThe origins of La Colombe CEO Todd Carmichael’s social consciousnessQuartz at Work • December 16, 2019
- PVC WITH A PURPOSEHow a global chemical company gave itself a corporate purpose makeoverQuartz at Work • December 16, 2019
- MISSION DRIVENHow to build a space economy that avoids the mistakes of terrestrial capitalismQuartz at Work • December 16, 2019
- YOU ARE WHAT YOU BUYWhy it’s so hard to hold companies accountable when they break their ethical promisesQuartz at Work • December 16, 2019
- CONFIRMEDTwo tenets of Jesuit philosophy can help companies build cultures of trust and initiativeQuartz at Work • December 16, 2019
- ONLY CONNECTThe extraordinary story of the only B Corp in AfghanistanQuartz at Work • December 12, 2019
- GREENING THE APPLEIs Apple’s focus on sustainability more than a charade?Quartz at Work • December 12, 2019
- MARKET CIVITASWhat is the real purpose of companies? Only their behavior can tell usQuartz at Work • December 9, 2019
- HISTORY REVISITEDThe management professors making a career out of myth-busting shareholder capitalismQuartz at Work • December 9, 2019
- BRAND NEWDanone is showing multinationals the way to a less destructive form of capitalismQuartz at Work • December 9, 2019
- MODERN MICROCOSMThe conscious capitalists at Sweetgreen are addressing wage inequality in their own ranksQuartz at Work • December 9, 2019