Humanist Community Forum (2017-10-29): Benefit Corporations (Arthur Jackson)

Longtime Humanist Community member and leader Arthur Jackson will introduce the concept of a Benefit Corporation, and then show a 30 minute video of a HCSV Forum talk by John Montgomery on Benefit Corporations from 3/31/13 (https://vimeo.com/64508036). Mr. Jackson will then host the Q&A period, drawing from John’s article in the May/June 2014 issue of The Humanist magazine (https://thehumanist.com/magazine/may-june-2014/features/the-benefit-corporation) which Mr. Jackson helped make possible by connecting John with Jennifer Bardi, the editor of The Humanist.

Mr. Jackson would like to promote the idea of Benefit Corporations, which give corporations a conscience so they benefit all of society – not just the investors. Mr. Jackson’s goal is to find a way to develop pressure groups to spread the idea of benefit corporations and the power they have to change the whole world through using economies fairly. In contrast, traditional corporate law often forces corporations to stand in opposition to a society’s best interests.

Note: During this Forum video, the following video was shown:

Benefit Corportations (John Montgomery), https://vimeo.com/64508036

If you wish, you can watch the above video where it was shown during this Forum video. Where it was shown is marked in this Forum video.

(Note: The opening and closing music in the video is Copyright (c) 2017 Brian J. Davis All Rights Reserved)