The Purpose of Conscious Capitalism Atlanta is to Elevate Humanity Through Business, in Atlanta. Practitioners of Conscious Capitalism believe that business is good because it creates value, it is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange, it is noble because it can elevate our existence and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity. Free enterprise capitalism is the most powerful system for social cooperation and human progress ever conceived. It is one of the most compelling ideas we humans have ever had. But we can aspire to even more.

Chris Hooper is  co-founder of the Atlanta Chapter and its current Chair. Chris is not only passionate about his work, but also extremely knowledgeable. Among other things, we discussed:

• How a self-describe “marketing guy” get fascinated by companies that succeed without doing any marketing
• The 4 Tenets of Elevating Humanity through business:
  • Higher purpose
  • Stakeholder Orientation
  • Caring Cultures
  • Conscious Leadership
• “It is socially irresponsible to not make a profit”
• What does it mean to be a purpose-driven business?
• The connection between conscious and community service – The two are perfectly correlated
• “Conscious capitalism is not a better way to give money away it’s a better way to make money in the first place”
• How to transform your business into one that is consciously capitalist

Thank you, Chris Hooper, for your service to our community!