COURSE 23 OF 23 | Social Responsibility in a Startup?

Why Ethics Are Your Most Durable Competitive Advantage

What You Will Learn

1. Why Social Responsibility is operational integrity, not a budget item for large companies
2. The three pillars of startup SR: Product/Mission Ethics, People/Culture, and Governance/Data
3. Why SR is a risk mitigator, a talent magnet, and a signal for institutional funding
4. The 1% Pledge — the most practical and impactful SR commitment available to any startup
5. How to embed data ethics into your product SOP as a mandatory gate (5 questions)
6. How ESG considerations ('S' and 'G') are reshaping investor due diligence at Series A+
7. 4 AI prompts for SR mission statement, data ethics checklist, 1% program, and duty of care