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At The Body Shop we had always been measured by how many jobs we had created, and I got a major award from the Queen on that.

~Anita Roddick

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All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.

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If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?

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Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and it's more powerful than religion. So it's going to have to be the vigilante consumer.

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Topics: Business Businesses Consumer Control Going Governments Institution More Most Most Powerful Pockets Politics Powerful Religion Since Than Vigilante

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I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses, made money because they offered honest products and treated their people decently... This business creed, sadly, seems long forgotten.

~Anita Roddick

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Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,' I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda.

~Anita Roddick

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Businesswoman

Born: October 23rd, 1942

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