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Article: GIVING MORE THAN MONEY: ETHICAL WILLS GAIN FAVOR
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2001
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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 map of what my wife and I
were trying to do, so when there's a big check for the kids, they
know where it came from, and why," he said. "I ...