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Patagonia:Socially Conscious or Intelligent Hiring

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As CEO of Patagonia, how would you deal with criticism that you focus more on hiring employees that are social cause oriented, vs. the most talented and skilled employees?

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This brief solution discusses if Patagonia hires employees based on their intelligence or social conscious. Includes APA formatted reference.

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The Wall Street Journal (9/25/2016) has a piece about Yvon Chouinard (the co-founder of Patagonia) today. He states that he tries to run Patagonia by "hir[ing] independent, motivated people and leav[ing] them alone" (Bulseco, 2016). In order to do ...

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