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Corporate America needs to get back to thinking about more than just profits

  • Written by Marina v. N. Whitman, Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, University of Michigan
Larry Fink, right, shared a stage with several of the CEOs he urged to spend more time doing good.Stuart Ramson/AP Images for The Women's Forum of New York

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