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And Make Your (Huge Piles Of) Money By Doing Good
By Gregory Ferenstein
First Published on www.fastcompany.com

"There's certainly not an incapability between doing well and doing good," eccentric billionaire Sir Richard Branson tells Fast Company. Branson's new book, Screw Business As Usual , asks that as long as entrepreneurs can make extraordinary sums of cash while helping others, why do business any other way?  Read more >>

Has Consumer Data Mining Gone Too Far?
First Published on Knowledge@Wharton  

In a world of endless information sharing, consumers have become the product. Platforms such as Google, Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter are the new factory floor, and online users, who leave digital crumbs as they browse the web and tap into social networks, generate data that can be bought and sold. Every tweet tweeted, badge unlocked, website searched and "Like" button clicked adds to the growing inventory of user information. Data miners then sort it, package it, market it -- and companies use it to better target customers. Read more >>

....For Creating Societal Value
by Roger Martin
First Published on hbr.org

CEOs can use both signals and systems as powerful levers in tilting the focus of their company toward long-term societal value creation — which will take care of their shareholders perfectly well. Read more >>

By Ariella Brown
First Published on www.thecmosite.com

When your company has made a mistake, offering a proper apology is not just the right thing to do. It can pay big dividends. Read more >>