Monday, October 21, 2013

With great wealth comes great responsibility - Business - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

With great wealth comes great responsibility - Business - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): This week, mining magnate, Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest made headlines by donating $65 million to Western Australian universities, the largest act of philanthropy in Australia's history. He then followed it up in London where his Walk Free foundation was behind the launch of the first Global Slavery Index, which measures and ranks slavery in 162 countries, including Australia. His aim: to use his economic power not just to enrich his family economically, but give back at the same time.

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