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Peter Underwood, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

‘Go woke, go broke’ is no longer true. Socially aware capitalism is the future of corporate responsibility

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The phrase “go woke, go broke” is often used by critics of corporate social responsibility. It implies that companies face a binary choice: embrace progressive values or pursue profit.

But this dichotomy between “wokeness” and capitalism is both simplistic and increasingly out of step with corporate reality.

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