Should Businesses Only Care About Business or Social Responsibilities, such as charity?

Answer 1

The marketing plan of any business should include both business and charity.

Doing business is what the company is all about. Without concentrating on business, it would soon cease to exist.

Charity can be an important part of marketing. When a business helps support a charity, it gets wide-spread publicity and gains public goodwill.

amadeus

Answer 2

It should care only about business. Charity should be left up to the individual person as to whether they can afford to give to charities, and if they can, to the ones they want to donate to. The only reason businesses get involved is for the tax break.

Answer 3

I used to be a large fund raiser (for free) for different programs in our area to help children in need. I owned businesses then, and I own one now. I give to many, many charities, and can only donate so much time and items these days. The problem lies in that EVERY charity asks me for donations on a constant basis. What I have to do, is to decide which ones are most important to me........such as the area schools, hospice, children in need of operations, etc..
I think businesses and private parties should ALL be aware of the need for all of us to pitch in and to help! I have always been the largest money raiser in our area (always, for free), making speeches at all the different groups that meet on a regular basis, requesting at least $500 from each group, always getting that, and then, more from private persons in the group. I am a (free) Court Advocate for children and families. I feed any who come to my door, and in this area, they all know to come to my home for food and clothing, etc.. I've done it for so long, it is just natural. My mother always did it, and I've kept her 'way' alive, by doing it, myself.

Answer 4

Both. Hopefully businesses are not just giving back to the community for the tax breaks and the good public relations they get from it. Hopefully, they realize the benefits of helping those less fortunate.

Answer 5

For profit organizations are in business to make money. I do agree that in pursuit of profit, they should act responsibly as the law requires but to ask them to do more is to penalize them since govt. has a greater social responsibility role than private entities.

Answer 6

Corporate responsibility and corporate social responsibility - they both go hand in hand for a business to be truly successful!

Answer 7

both