We can learn from the quality movement. Excellence in ethics and corporate responsibility depends on continuous improvement. And although in Minnesota we have outstanding, leading-edge companies in corporate responsibility, many companies have not yet initiated or fully developed these practices. The Keystone Program has 253 participating companies. Yet that is a small fraction of the companies doing business in Minnesota.
Globalization poses more issues.
Every ethics and corporate responsibility issue you can name here has international counterparts. Capitalism and free markets, which have done so much for our businesses and communities, are at risk around the globe. Its biggest threat is from within itself. If it cannot promote both prosperity and justice, it will not have succeeded. My challenge to you is to use your standing as business leaders to bring about both prosperity and justice for the world's peoples.