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Johnson Family Scion Urges People to Work Together to Save Environment

The CEO of a global manufacturer of consumer chemicals warned that without "disruptive" rather than incremental changes in the way companies do business and governments lead, the planet is doomed.

"We need disruptive leadership from all sectors: business, government and individuals," said H. Fisk Johnson '79, chairman of SC Johnson, in the 28th annual Hatfield Lecture Oct. 22. He spoke to a full house at Statler Auditorium on "A Crisis of Consumption." Full Story