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  • April 1, 2020
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  • Harvard Business Review Digital Articles

Coronavirus Is Putting Corporate Social Responsibility to the Test

By: Mark R. Kramer
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Abstract

A great many large companies talk about their values, or about how much they care for their employees and other stakeholders. The coronavirus crisis is the time for them to make good on that commitment. The author offers some things that corporations can do to help their employees, small suppliers, health care providers, and communities.

Keywords

Health Pandemics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

Citation

Kramer, Mark R. "Coronavirus Is Putting Corporate Social Responsibility to the Test." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 1, 2020).
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Mark R. Kramer

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