Muhammad Yunus – The Social Business Model
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of The Grameen Bank, explains his “social business” model, a plan for addressing social issues through entrepreneurship. This program was recorded in joint collaboration with the Commonwealth Club of California and Link TV. —- Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of The Grameen Bank, speaks about his new book Creating a World Without Poverty. Muhammad Yunus is founder and managing director of the Grameen Bank, established in Bangladesh in 1983. Dr. Yunus founded the bank with the objective of helping poor people escape from poverty by providing loans on terms suitable to them and by teaching them a few sound principles of finances so they can help themselves. The Grameen Bank has advanced to the forefront of a burgeoning world movement toward eradicating poverty through micro-lending and its model has been replicated in over 100 countries worldwide. In 2006, Dr. Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Bank.
Virtue is that perfect good which is the complement of a happy life; the only immortal thing that belongs to mortality
Virtue is that perfect good which is the complement of a happy life; the only immortal thing that belongs to mortality.
-Seneca
It has ever been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues
It has ever been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
-Lincoln
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This video was selected as the winner of the World Economic Forum and YouTube’s “Davos Debates” program, at youtube.com/davos – see more videos and submit your own, and keep an eye this week as the leaders at Davos respond to your videos. Pablo Camacho 24 years old Student (and independent writer) Bogota, Colombia, South America This is my answer to the quetion “Should company executives have a code of ethics similar to doctors and lawyers?” (Excuse the sudden jumps on the video; I had to make some cuts which decreased the depth in content out of respect to the 3 minutes limitation) Thank you World Economic Forum for your attention; and for making us pay attention.
Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is primal virtue
Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is primal virtue.
-The Tao te Ching
