(Full Report) Canadian Voices on the Role of Business in Society

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Who Is This For? The insights and opinions from Survey Participants in this report will be valuable for a wide array of people. Fellow business leaders, in Canada and around the globe, can use this report to learn about different perspectives from their Canadian colleagues as part of their own thinking on the evolving role of business in society. Academia as well as university students interested in business, public policy, or law, can use this report to gain perspective on where things currently stand and to contemplate what they want the future of business in Canada and around the world to become. The hope is that this report can help business associations, not-for-profits, and policymakers better understand what kind of support and regulatory changes could be considered to strengthen the role of business in society. This report is also for the general public. Everyone has a role to play in influencing the relationship between society and business through their choices such as who they choose to work for, vote for, and purchase from.

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APPENDIX 5: REFERENCES AND FOOTNOTES

8min
pages 79-84

UNITED NATIONS SDGS

2min
page 78

APPENDIX 3: SOCIETY AND BUSINESS INITIATIVES AROUND THE GLOBE

4min
pages 76-77

APPENDIX 2: METHODOLOGY & BUSINESS INTERVIEW GUIDE

3min
pages 74-75

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1min
page 67

APPENDIX 1: SURVEY PARTICIPANTS’ BIOGRAPHIES

14min
pages 68-73

6) Leading on the Big Issues

15min
pages 58-63

CONCLUSION: THE IMPERATIVE TO ACT

2min
page 64

5) Creating and Measuring Societal Value: The Role of the Sustainable Development Goals

8min
pages 54-57

4) Sharing Value Created

2min
page 53

3) Longer-Term Thinking

5min
pages 51-52

2) Increasing Focus on All Stakeholders

2min
page 50

2) The Evolution of the Purpose of the Corporation

5min
pages 44-45

3) The Purpose of the Canadian Corporation

2min
page 46

4) Stakeholder Approach in Theory, Shareholder Primacy in Practice

5min
pages 47-48

3) Future Prepping

2min
page 39

iv) Investors

2min
page 37

iii) Customers

4min
pages 35-36

ii) Employees

4min
pages 33-34

i) Communities and Civil Society

3min
page 32

3) Impact on Their Business

5min
pages 27-28

2) Growing Criticisms of Capitalism

6min
pages 25-26

2) Business is Critical to Solving Today’s Toughest Challenges

9min
pages 21-23

4) Personal Legacy

2min
page 29

2) Creating and Sharing Value with Stakeholders

2min
page 31

iii) Lack of Trust and Social Cohesion

2min
page 19

i) Climate Change

1min
page 17

ii) Inequality and Inequity

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LEADERSHIP PROFILES

2min
pages 13-14

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

9min
pages 8-12

Who Is This For?

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AND BUSINESS MATTERS

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INTRODUCTION

4min
pages 5-6

1) The Status Quo is Not Sustainable

1min
page 16
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