conscience

Participant, Maker of Films With Social Conscience, Calls It Quits

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Participant, Maker of Films With Social Conscience, Calls It Quits

For 20 years, Participant Media has been Hollywood’s pre-eminent maker of activist entertainment, backing socially conscious films like “An Inconvenient Truth,” a climate change cri de coeur, and “Wonder,” about a boy with birth defects. Its movies have won 21 Academy Awards. But the company never quite managed to do good while also making money, … Read more

Fashion designer Brunello Cucinelli crafts culture with a conscience

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Fashion designer Brunello Cucinelli crafts culture with a conscience

A philosopher at heart, cashmere king Brunello Cucinelli espouses “humanistic capitalism.” Calling for “dignity and respect” in business, he believes in higher-than-average pay for his employees and a no-email-after-office-hours policy. The executive chairman and creative director of the Italian luxury fashion label that bears his name recently hosted his 70th birthday celebration — attended by … Read more