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Article: Giving More Than Money: Ethical Wills Gain Favor.

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July 5, 2001
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By Michael Paulson, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 5--LONDONDERRY, N.H. -- Like any responsible parent with a lot of money, yogurt king Gary Hirshberg is writing a will.

But the Stonyfield Farms CEO is going further, writing a second document explaining to his children why he does things like stamp his opposition to Arctic oil drilling onto the recyclable caps of his yogurt containers.

Hirshberg is at the leading edge of a new estate planning trend: He is writing a so-called ethical will, or legacy statement, to make sure he leaves behind not just valuables, but values.

"I would like a written record and road ...

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