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Corporate Social Responsibility in an Increasingly Flat World
June 22, 2006
Ed Haldeman president, CEO, Putnam Investments
Hans Carstenson president, Aviva Life Insurance Co.
Anne Finucane president, Northeast Bank of America
Seth Klarman president, Baupost Group
Jonathan Kraft president, CEO, Kraft Group
Milton J. Little president, CEO, United Way of MA
John F. Sherman III senior fellow, business and government, Harvard University
Peter Karoff founder, chairman, TPI

The Massachusetts Business Roundtable (MBR) and The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) host a forum entitled, "The Challenge for Corporate Social Responsibility in an Increasingly Flat World: Ways to Build, Maintain, and Refine CSR Strategies in the Context of a Rapidly Changing Corporate Landscape". This panel, moderated by Peter Karoff, chairman and founder of TPI, focuses on the changing role of corporate philanthropy and engaged business leaders in an in-depth discussion about encouraging, managing and improving corporate social responsibility in Massachusetts in the face of rapidly changing corporate ownership.

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Binding: Paperback, 280 pages
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