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opinion that companies should be good corporate citizens. Because of the role they played in 26 Download this book for free at: Chapter 1 http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70961 the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, businesses today face increasing scrutiny and negative public sentiment.35 Economic turmoil that began in the housing and mortgage industries as a result of troubled subprime mortgages quickly spread to the rest of the economy. In 2008, credit markets froze up and banks stopped making loans. Lawmakers