The seven companies profiled in Companies that Mimic Life were selected for being living asset stewardship exemplars in industries that are usually associated with the older practices of industrial capitalism and bottom-line-first management.
But it's definitely true that Goldman is serving as the exemplar for the industry as a whole, and is being raked over the coals for practices that probably are not uncommon on Wall Street.
Again, Genentech provides the exemplar for the industry, showing strong performance on all six major drivers.
His emphasis on digital — in design as well as marketing — has been heralded as the new exemplar for the fashion industry.
The creation of a high-quality franchise based on adaptations of successful children's books has proved a winning formula for the film industry - the exemplar being Harry Potter.
And in the health industry, the exemplar of a corporation stepping up remains CVS's 2014 decision to step away from the sale of cigarettes, a $2 billion annual revenue hit.
It is little wonder, then, that Hancock fetishises the hipster as both an ideal actor in his post-Brexit creative industries fantasy and an exemplar of small-scale, micro-enterprise: a capitalist.
Like Sanjay Dutt, Khan is also a child of a mixed marriage - his father is Muslim, his mother Hindu - and is an exemplar of a truly secular popular film industry in a country which has been often riven by religious tensions.
Westpac Banking, a global top-50 bank, is an exemplar of enlightened corporate consciousness in an industry renowned for self-interest.
The exemplar was Germany with its apparently efficient manufacturing industry, farsighted managers, understanding bankers, responsible unions, superb education system, generous welfare state, confident regions and consensus-seeking politicians.
