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Article: Executives Say Corporate Responsibility Can Be Profitable.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- September 10, 2007
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National survey finds companies plan increased investment despite drop in business confidence
CHICAGO -- Company executives believe that corporate responsibility programs can positively impact their business and help achieve strategic goals, according to a survey of more than 500 business executives conducted by Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International, one of the six global accounting organizations.
While conventional wisdom might suggest that these initiatives will drain the corporate coffers, only a quarter of survey respondents agreed that profits needed to be sacrificed, while three quarters believed corporate ...