A fancy name for common courtesy
A well known CEO once said that labor unions were the result of bad management. He felt that his company was well run, so unions were unnecessary.
His self serving remarks actually reveal some truth. If workers were treated better through history, labor unions may not exist. Common sense and courtesy would be the guidelines in labor relations. Treat your workers as you want to be treated. Basic stuff, right from the Bible.
Is the same true for Corporate Social Responsibility? I often ponder these questions:
* If CEOs worked on their own factory floor, would the facilities be safer?
* If executives lived next to their manufacturing plants, would the air and water be cleaner?
* If publishers were fined for littering each time their subscription cards fell to the ground, would they continue to stick loose inserts into their magazines?
* If lenders lived in the same neighborhood as their borrowers of sub-prime mortgages or payday loans, would lending practices change?
Why even call it Corporate Social Responsibility? It’s really only “courtesy” with lots of extra syllables. I just wish it was more common.
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