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From Competition to Cooperation: Companies Collaborate on Social and Environmental Issues
Competition may drive capitalism, but cooperation is gaining ground as an important business strategy for addressing social and environmental issues that impact companies across the board. Increasingly, companies are joining forces not only with business competitors, but also with human rights and environmental activists (formerly considered enemies) as well as socially responsible investors (SRIs), academics, and governmental organizations. [refers to initiatives involving Google, Yahoo!, Apple, Cisco, Dell, IBM, Intel, Foxconn, Flextronics, Sanmina, Alcoa, Duke Energy, DuPont, General Electric, Wal-Mart, Tesco, Carrefour, Metro, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda. Also refers to Toyota]