Ben Cohen
Ben Cohen
Bennett "Ben" Cohenis an American businessman, activist, and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth18 March 1951
CityBrooklyn, NY
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They think they've got it greased by using well-connected lobbyists to slip this thing through the full House without following the normal procedures.
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isn't a short-term tack to drive sales. This is something that's important for us as a society to address.
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People are willing to listen to her and we want to do as much as we can to make her voice heard.
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There's nothing like playing on stage in front of other people, and there are not many places like TCAN where kids under 18 can do that, or even go see the music.
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I can get my dog's hair cut, my wife can get her nails done, I can get a po' boy, but there's no place to get justice.
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Business has never had improving the quality of life of the general public as one of its priorities.
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We decided to redefine the bottom line at Ben & Jerry?s.
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If you're aware of injustice, you can either ignore it, say there is nothing you can do about it, complain about it and not do anything, or put your energies into doing something about it.
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I don't believe that just because one person is born on one side of some imaginary line and another person is born on the other side means that a lot of people should be getting screwed through no fault of their own.
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Business has a responsibility to give back to the community.
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If we reduced the amount we spend on maintaining our nuclear weapons by a small fraction, we could reallocate those funds to improve kids' health care and schooling.
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Business is the most powerful force in society. It has the highest potential for solving social problems. Once consumers saw examples of prosperous companies integrating social concerns into their business practices, they were emboldened to demand the same of other businesses. Businesses could no longer say it was impossible.
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We decided to redefine the bottom line at Ben & Jerry's
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We learned that a product doesn't sell just because you're trying to do good in the world. You still have to have a healthy distribution, a good marketing strategy, and price the product properly.