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Research finds companies that self-regulate to curb harmful practices increase profits

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Chinese companies that self-regulate to reduce harmful social practices are more likely to attract reputation-conscious buyers and increase exports to the Western world, a new Cornell University study finds. Activism in recent decades has led many companies and sectors to develop codes of conduct, certification schemes, and other types of self-regulation to control harmful environmental and…