The International Chamber of Commerce of the Netherlands (ICC-Netherlands) has launched a publication entitled “Ethics and Progress: Towards a More Conscious Capitalism”. The aim is to offer reflections and proposals for a new business model in a world suffering both economically and in terms of health issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The idea is to create a new model where purpose and profit go hand in hand.
“Simply put, there will be no successful businesses in a broken world. Rebuilding from this crisis will require genuine systems change and meaningful public-private collaboration to address the critical issues that have been causing chaos in our world: economic exclusion, social inequality, and environmental degradation,” said John W.H. Denton, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce, an institution whose network encompasses some 45 million businesses and business associations in more than 100 countries, in the preface to the publication.
The publication covers topics such as the importance of governance; how corruption should be combated to achieve sustainable and inclusive economic development; and corporate responsibility. The publication is in English and can be downloaded. here.
