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How one lawyer discovered the ‘Boomerang Effect’ of Doing Good

December 2024EthicsGeneral

Abstract

A friend recently observed that lawyers (like many other professions) have the potential to apply their work skills to do good for the community. He noted that practitioners of the legal profession can turn the ability to articulate into advocacy, the gift of arguing into lobbying, and use the strength of persuasion to be an influence for change in mindsets on social causes. Often, we believe that doing good for the community is mono directional, born out of altruism. However, there are unexpected benefits for those doing good that are not always obvious. Let me elaborate.

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Jeffery Tan

Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore

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