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Taking Care of Business
This week we bring you a front-lines look at CSR from Peter Forstmoser, chairman of the Board of Directors at Swiss Re. The company was in the news this week with an update of its annual "sigma" report on the economic costs of natural disasters throughout the world. In "Living the Values -- the Key to CSR," Forstmoser discusses what corporate social responsibility means to one of the largest insurers on the planet.
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Living the Values -- the Key to CSR
Peter Forstmoser, chairman of the Board of Directors at Swiss Re, explains what CSR means for his company.
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