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Profit’s not always the point

Harish Manwani · TED

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About

You might not expect the chief operating officer of a major global corporation to look too far beyond either the balance sheet or the bottom line. But Harish Manwani, COO of Unilever, makes a passionate argument that doing so to include value, purpose and sustainability in top-level decision-making is not just savvy, it's the only way to run a 21st century business responsibly.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED@BCG Singapore
Speaker
Harish Manwani
Year
2013
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment, Business and management
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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