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We invite and encoruage you to explore, inquire, and participate in an emerging movement dedicated to manifesting the idealistic vision of sustainable peace, prosperity, and happiness for all, in the next 50 years.
The FLOW movement seeks to achieve this primarily by promoting and supporting FLOW-based entrepreneurship around the world, as well as creative, inspired forms of education, political and social leadership.
Member Platform - John Mackey
John Mackey is Chairman and CEO of Whole Foods Market, a $4 billion Fortune 500 company, and a "Fortune 100 Best Companies To Work For" every year since 1998. Whole Foods is one of the top 12 supermarket companies in America and the world's largest natural foods retail chain. John Mackey was named the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year in 2003.
The following debate featuring John Mackey, Milton Friedman, and Cypress Semiconductor's T.J. Rodgers originally ran in Reason magazine, in October of 2005.
The Role of the Corporation
In 1970 Milton Friedman wrote that "there is one and only one social responsibility of business—to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud." That's the orthodox view among free-market economists: that the only social responsibility a law-abiding business has is to maximize profits for the shareholders... more >>
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GlobalGiving connects individual and institutional donors to social, environmental, and economic development projects around the world.
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The book is all about what it takes to succeed in business -- especially the big picture and strategy by FLOW member, entrepreneur and student of business Gary Hoover...more >>
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