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Stanford Graduate School of Business
For Wal-Mart, social responsibility includes keeping products affordable to the millions of low and middle-income consumers who form the bulk of its customer base. Bringing the perspectives of someone who grew up in inner city Washington, DC, Lawrence Jackson, former Wal-Mart president and CEO for Global Procurement, asked his Stanford audience to consider whether pushing for social and environmental responsibility in business is a racially and economically segregated movement.