Why There's No Such Thing As An Ethical Business Under Capitalism

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Citations and Further Reading:

Winners Take All, Anand Giridharadas
https://books.google.com/books?id=CrV8DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover

Billionaire Philanthropy
https://youtu.be/i8w3qPwpzZA

Nestle
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/oct/04/ontario-six-nations-nestle-running-water
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/29/the-fight-over-water-how-nestle-dries-up-us-creeks-to-sell-water-in-plastic-bottles
https://www.businessinsider.com/nestles-infant-formula-scandal-2012-6?r=US&IR=T
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/12/mars-nestle-and-hershey-to-face-landmark-child-slavery-lawsuit-in-us

Nespresso
https://fairworldproject.org/b-corp-nespresso-human-rights/
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/01/children-work-for-pittance-to-pick-coffee-beans-used-by-starbucks-and-nespresso
https://reporterbrasil.org.br/2021/09/labour-inspectors-fine-leader-of-cooperative-that-supplies-coffee-to-nespresso-and-starbucks/
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/jul/14/nespresso-coffee-capsule-pods-branding-clooney-nestle-recycling-environment

B-Corp website
https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/certification

Two headlines about fossil fuels
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-companies-seeing-record-profits-182731960.html
https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20220404-emissions-must-peak-before-2025-for-liveable-future-un-report-says

Salesforce
https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/salesforce-commits-1-5-million-app-to-address-homelessness/
https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-san-francisco-homeless-hamilton-families-2018-5?r=US&IR=T
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/salesforces-marc-benioff-claims-a-victory-for-stakeholder-capitalism.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/business/business-roudtable-stakeholder-capitalism.html

German moral self-licensing study
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227036

Brewdog
​​https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jun/10/brewdog-staff-craft-beer-firm-letter

Ethics are a luxury
https://youtu.be/wCl33v5969M

Extra
https://jacobin.com/2018/09/elizabeth-warren-accountable-capitalism-stakeholder
https://jacobin.com/2022/04/corporation-promise-greenhouse-gas-emissions-sullivan-principles-south-africa-climate-change
https://youtu.be/cmKZNPdWzq4
https://youtu.be/nWre6hPfswQ
https://youtu.be/GtwDfHDX8zg

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