Comments on: Teaching Social Responsibility

By: David Hoopes

David Hoopes — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:19:12 +0000

I agree Dan. I think my point was, in part, that “social responsibility” as used does mean supporting leftest causes. And, since at least half the country and much more than half the world disagrees with standard leftest politics trying to satisfy those chanting for social responsibility may be an irresponsible act. Further, if a company pursues social responsibility that does not fit in the current politically correct thinking it will not be counted as socially responsible.

By: dan meidinger

dan meidinger — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:10:45 +0000

“Social Responsibility” does not necessarily mean giving money to “a left wing cause”. One could choose which companies to purchase from, avoiding exploitative companies and instead looking for companies who subscribe to “fair trade” practices. One could also lobby different governmental levels to pressure companies that do not subscribe to “fair trade” policies, or even simply volunteer one’s time to a charitable organization to help the less fortunate in one’s own community.

By: dhoopes

dhoopes — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:46:36 +0000

Those cites in your comment are great.

By: Peter Klein

Peter Klein — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:01:20 +0000

Interestingly, when other professional disciplines, such as medicine, teach ethics, they often outsource the teaching to professional philosophers or ethicists. Yet business schools rarely do this. See these earlier comments.