One of the topics we studied back in school was regarding ethics and social responsibility. We were given examples about companies who had no qualms about dumping pollutants into the river, or launching products prematurely in order to beat the market, even though there were fatal side effects.
Recently, there have been stories in the newspapers about companies in China selling contaminated baby milk powder, and farms in Malaysia and Indonesia that were resisted the culling of poultry to prevent the spread of bird flu. These enterprises are not being responsible corporate citizens.
It therefore warms the heart to know that on the other end of the spectrum, there are companies that practice social responsibility. One such company is Mr. Bean.
A couple of days ago while waiting to fetch my wife, I visited the outlet located at Keypoint, just opposite her office at The Concourse. They were selling Mr Bean plush toys at $3 each, of which $1.50 would be donated to Pathlight School.
The one you see on the right is hanging at the back of my car :-)
You can read more about their initiative here.
Here's to more socially-responsible organisations!
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