--- title: The State of the Debate on Purpose in Business description: For EY, we conducted an extensive literature review and interviews with business leaders to identify common threads in the debate on purposeful business. 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The state of the debate was the foundation of EY Beacon’s presence at the World Economic Forum in Davos that year and launched further research and convening.   View PDF [here](https://kiteinsights.com/hubfs/EY-the-state-of-the-debate-on-purpose-in-business-EXTERNAL-1.pdf). #### [Sophie Lambin](https://kiteinsights.com/issues-that-matter/author/sophie-steyn) #### COMMENTS ## RELATED ARTICLES Button Title [![1. 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