Jeff Keenan

Jeff Keenan spent more than 20 years in global supply-chain management for Aldus Corp. and Adobe Systems, where he was responsible for the supply-chain product launch milestones of all Adobe product lines in 20 languages. Keenan also developed Adobe’s Supply Chain CSR program, and served as Adobe’s representative on the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition through Business for Social Responsibility. Keenan is an SPU alumnus, an advisory board member of Global Washington and InterConnection, and the co-author (w/Shannon Daley-Harris) of Our Day to End Poverty: 24 Ways You Can Make a Difference.

Social Sector

Capitalizing with the Poor

Is it wrong to pursue a profit while helping the poor and oppressed? This question is frequently aired and dissected in intricate moralizing, but why not ask the companies pursuing multiple bottom lines how their profit motivation is working? Kenman Wong, John Terrill, and Jeff Keenan introduce three companies pursuing both profit and the welfare of the poor.

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