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Written by Morris, 17, November 28, 2005:

What is this so called term “social responsibility” often thrown around by beatniks, hippies, lobbyist, and other liberal do-gooders? Well ill tell you what this “so called” term is, it is a business’ or corporation’s responsibility to give back to society. Yes we do live in a world where capitalism has been spreading like a brush fire for centuries. But we also live in a world, rampant with disease, poverty, disasters and other issues that often can only be “fixed” by either throwing money at it or volunteers. And that’s where these “big businesses” come in to play.

The “big business” I chose to highlight is the Target Corporation. This altruistic company has actually given so much back to the U.S. community (and not to mention it’s investors but that’s another story). After leaving the checkout area of the Target closest to my home, you can’t possibly miss this gigantic red sign hovering over you with print that’s probably font size 1,000,000. It reads “We give over 2 million dollars to education every week.” Now if that’s not reason enough to make a sign about then I don’t know what is, really. The Target Corporation is also a regular contributor to many other organizations such as the American Red Cross who actually just awarded Target with their highest financial support honor, the Circle of Humanitarians award. This was given to Target for the corporation’s involvement in the recent hurricane devastation in Florida, New Orleans, and other states affected. The reason I’m not throwing around numbers and figures donated is because everyone knows that to get an award from the Red Cross for your donation, it must be up there. Cough a trillion dollars cough cough, no I’m only kidding but the number was very generous to say the least.
To truly conclude discussing the Target Corporation’s contribution to society here and now would be a travesty since they really are the model corporation when it comes to social responsibility. But I can conclude this brief essay by noting that if every big business and corporation were as generous and “responsible” as Target is, I feel safe to say that the country and world we live in would be a much better place. Not to rain on a parade or discredit Target’s philanthropic ways, but don’t forget about those three little words that help CEOs sleep better at night, tax deductible donations.

 

 

 

 
 

 
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