Reimagining Capitalism: Is there a moral limit on the role of markets in our societies?

This webinar is a brief taster to our executive education programme Leading Social Business: Purpose, Profit and Impact.

Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy. It has shown remarkable capacity to create value, but too often that value has been captured by shareholders alone. At the same time there is an awareness that government, NGOs, and charities are failing too, and that they can improve their social impact by utilising the power of business mechanisms and the market. The interaction of purpose and profit creates both significant opportunities and demanding challenges. At its heart is not only a reformulation of the capitalist system, but also a reimagining of how we do good.

In this webinar, we’ll give you a taste of how you can go about understanding these challenges and leveraging these new opportunities to drive meaningful social impact. We’ll also outline some of the practical and political objections to mixing purpose and profit. We’ll introduce some new organisational structures – from the social enterprise to the purpose-driven corporation – and new forms of finance. We’ll consider whether it is really possible to make money while doing good.

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