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B THE CHANGE
Joel Cranshaw
THE FIRM
THE HOURS
The short, unhappy history of how
lawyers bill their clients
Niki Kuckes
Partner at Baker Botts LLP in Washington, D.C., and serving as a
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at Cornell Law School at the
time the aricle was published.
Q: What do you think of Lawyers?
“Greedy”
“Money”
“Tiresome”
“Cautious”
“Overcomplicated”
“Pretentious”
“Unfree”
“Uncomfortable”
“Conflicted”
“Powerful”
“Scary”
“Overpriced”
“Weasel words”
“...Environmental & Human Rights lawyers are heroes...”
“...the kind of people you have contact
with when there is the likelihood of conflict...”
B THE CHANGE
Clearpoint Counsel
is the first certified
‘B corporation’ law
firm in Australia.
What does this mean?
55%
50%
45%
Mainstream
55% of consumers globally will
pay more for products and
services that advance social or
environmental issues
50% of the global workforce
seek work that is personally
fulfilling and connected to a
larger purpose**
Ethical
On average top Australian ethical
investment funds (eg Perpetual
Wholesale Ethical) are
outperforming mainstream
counterparts by up to 45% ***
10% Estimated consumer shift toward ethical purchasing in 2015*
* Doing Well By Doing Good, Nielson Report 17 June 2014
** Harvard Business Review, New MBAs Would Sacrifice Pay for Ethics, The Daily Stat (May 17, 2011),available at http://web.hbr.org/email/archive/dailystat.php?date=051711.
*** Morningstar report, “Big Returns and Sustainability”, 6 Dec 2013
DISCUSSION
“In the long history of humankind (and
animal kind, too) those who learned to
collaborate and improvise most
effectively have prevailed.”
- Charles Darwin
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