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"The market has spoken. The market cares. People care. They want you to be socially
responsible or they will dismiss you as a legitimate company."
Shelly Lazarus, chairman emeritus, Ogilvy & Mather
"If you look at success as a pure economist, then you may well conclude that profit is the
highest value. From a purely economic point of view, that might be true. But companies
are also a part of society, and you cannot measure the success of one without reference
to the success of the others."
Feike Sijbesma, CEO, Royal DSM