NEW VIEW.

AuthorCampbell, Spencer
PositionSTATEWIDE: Triangle

Many business leaders agree that House Bill 2 was a bad idea, at least economically. But the controversial bill convinced Eric Henry, CEO of Burlington-based screen printer TS Designs, that businesses in the state needed a new, socially responsible perspective helping shape economic policy. After nearly two years of planning and organization, Henry and other business leaders debuted the North Carolina Business Council in September. "We felt that the voice for mission-driven businesses was missing in laws that impact business today," dg Executive Director Vicki Lee Parker says.

The council has a identified five areas of policy for which it will advocate: buying local and onshoring manufacturing; protecting the environment; racial and gender diversity; election integrity; and agriculture. Its principles are extensions of the "three Ps"--people, the planet and profits--that guide Henry's TS Designs. Parker bristles at a suggestion that it...

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