Corporate Citizens - What Should the Incentives Be?

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Companies that act as good corporate citizens, those who take care more than others and are more responsible and sustainable, pay less taxes. It's easy to imagine some people listening to this and screaming, w you're going to start meddling in the free market, telling companies how to behave. But of course, there is no unfettered free market. In every capitalist country, laws regulate what businesses can and can't do. The question is, what should the incentives be, and who should decide?

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Researched and produced by John Biewen, with co-host Amy Westervelt. Script editor, Cheryl Devall. Interviews with Dirk Philipsen, Christian Felber, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, and Jessica Hernandez. Music by Lili Haydn, Kim Carroll, Chris Westlake, Lesley Barber, Cora Miron, Fabian Almazan, and Alex Weston. Music consulting by Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.