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Immense Possibilities

Doing Well by Doing Good

Season 3 Episode 312 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

A new business classification is spreading across the country — Benefit Corporations.

A new business classification is spreading across the country — most recently in the state of Oregon — that gives a legal structure to the notion of doing well by doing good. Benefit Corporations (or "Companies" in Oregon) formalize their owners' commitment to add social and environmental imperatives to the economic bottom line that legally drives traditional corporations. 

03/21/2014 | Rating NR

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Immense Possibilities

Doing Well by Doing Good

Season 3 Episode 312 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions

A new business classification is spreading across the country — most recently in the state of Oregon — that gives a legal structure to the notion of doing well by doing good. Benefit Corporations (or "Companies" in Oregon) formalize their owners' commitment to add social and environmental imperatives to the economic bottom line that legally drives traditional corporations. 

03/21/2014 | Rating NR

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Immense Possibilities
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Immense Possibilities

Host Jeff Golden and other social inventors share a clear set of beliefs, values, and goals with guests whose social creations are building vibrant communities. They’re solving challenges that the old systems can’t. They’re infusing others with realistic hope and inviting them to come alive.

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