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We look at one church\u2019s recent efforts to get Walmart to stop selling high-capacity assault rifles, and we talk with ICCR\u2019s board chairman, Rev. Seamus Finn, who says the center\u2019s ethical argument is simple: \u201cThe more a company is able to integrate a good, solid, social and environmental policy and governance policy into their model of business, then they will be around a lot longer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Our argument has been quite simple,\u201d says Rev. Seamus Finn, board chairman of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. \u201cThe more a company is able to integrate a good, solid social and environmental policy and governance policy into their model of business, then they will be around a lot longer.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/01\/08\/january-8-2016-faith-groups-and-corporate-social-responsibility\/28562\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":28609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[8120,22,6393,6392,7803],"class_list":["post-28562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-business-ethics","tag-human-rights","tag-religious-investors","tag-social-investing","tag-social-issues","topics-ethics","topics-us-domestic-issues"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>January 8, 2016 ~ Faith Groups and Corporate Social Responsibility | Religion &amp; 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