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Article

10 Jan 2005

Author:
Dayna Simpson, PhD candidate in Management, University of Melbourne, in On Line Opinion [Australia]

Caring big business or a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

An initial reaction to the news that multinational corporations have been donating substantial funds to the Tsunami relief effort could be “big businesses are capable of experiencing compassion after all”...Considering the traditional inactivity of corporations in regard to their social responsibilities we should be wary of such immediate and direct acts of philanthropy... [refers to PepsiCo, Amazon.com, Dick Smith Foods, Pfizer, Starbucks]