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What Gandhi believed is the purpose of a corporation

  • Written by Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Harvard Business School
Gandhi had a lot to say about how business leaders should behave. AP Photo/James A. Mills

Mahatma Gandhi is celebrated across the globe as an idealist who used civil disobedience to frustrate and overthrow British colonialists in India.

The popularity of his nonviolent teachings – which inspired civil rights activists such as Martin Luther...

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