Can corporations help repair society? (with Ben & Jerry)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

Civic Ventures

Business, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Business leaders can use their power and resources to make meaningful change, but should they? Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of iconic ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s, have navigated the landscape between business and activism since the 1970’s. They share their thoughts and experiences as well as their latest mission: ending qualified immunity. This episode was originally recorded and released in April 2021. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are the co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream. They’re also leaders of the Campaign to End Qualified Immunity, a police reform and criminal justice campaign. Ben’s twitter: @YoBenCohen https://campaigntoendqualifiedimmunity.org Website: https://pitchforkeconomics.com Twitter: @PitchforkEcon Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Nick’s twitter: @NickHanauer

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0:00.0	Hi, Pitchfork Economics listeners. I'm Ashley, one of the producers here at the show.
0:05.0	We're taking a break for the summer, which means no new episodes.
0:09.0	But in the meantime, we're going to be re-releasing some of our favorite past episodes.
0:14.0	Like this one from April 2021 with Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, aka Ben and Jerry.
0:20.0	We had them on the podcast to discuss whether business leaders should use their power and resources
0:25.0	to make meaningful change.
0:27.0	And if you don't already know, you'll learn during the interview that Ben and Jerry basically created the playbook
0:32.0	for how businesses can embrace activism.
0:35.0	And they're still at it today over four decades later.
0:38.0	We hope you'll listen and if you like what you hear, please remember to follow the podcast
0:42.0	and leave us a five star rating or review.
0:46.0	Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield definitely are heroes in the world of people who care about business
0:55.0	for social purpose.
0:57.0	When people talk about businesses being ethical, what they mean by that is that they're not breaking the law.
1:04.0	They have not yet been criminally indicted.
1:07.0	That's business ethics in America.
1:10.0	And I think we need to raise the bar a little bit.
1:18.0	From the home offices of civic ventures in downtown Seattle, this is Pitchfork Economics, with Nick Hanauer.
1:24.0	The best place to get the truth about who gets what and why.
1:34.0	I'm Nick Hanauer, founder of Civic Ventures.
1:37.0	I'm David Goldstein, senior fellow at Civic Ventures.
1:45.0	Today on the podcast, I'm just giddy because we get to talk to Ben and Jerry of ice cream fame.
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