Shareholder Primacy vs. Stakeholderism: 5 Years Later (Pt 1)

Five years ago, the Business Roundtable made a bold move and redefined the purpose of a corporation. 181 CEOs signed a pledge to create value for all stakeholders in a corporation, instead of just shareholders. What, if anything, has changed since that declaration five years ago? Host Curt Nickisch speaks to Lynn Paine, Professor at Harvard Business School, Om Prakash Bhatt, the former chair and CEO of the State Bank of India, Anthony Allott, former chair and CEO of Silgan Holdings, and James Orlikoff, president of Orlikoff & Associates Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Conversations about the role of business in society, brought to you by the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets & Society at BU Questrom School of Business.