Socially conscious business leaders show generosity may affect investors and customers by participating in philanthropic endeavors such as Giving Tuesday, a global movement celebrated on Dec. 3 aimed at unleashing the power of people and organizations to help their communities and the world.

Created in 2012 with the idea of dedicating Dec. 3 each year to assist others, the movement has given socially conscious business leaders a chance to distinguish themselves in the eyes of investors and consumers from their less civic-minded competitors. Since the movement’s launch, the idea has gained popularity to spur hundreds of millions of people, along with public and private corporations, to give generously.

One American business leader who has championed “conscious capitalism” is John Mackey, who co-founded Whole Foods Market in 1980 and sold the business in August 2017 for $13.7 billion to Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN). Mackey, whose accolades include induction into the Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame and becoming Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003, also is an unabashed supporter of free-market economics and one of the most influential advocates in the organic food movement.

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