"The real corporate responsibility" by Chrystia Freeland
1. What is a cult? What does the author mean by "the cult of corporate social responsibility?"
2. What was the goal of BP's "Beyond Petroleum" campaign? Has it been successful?
3. What is the goal of the "10,000 Women" project? What is the author's opinion of the project?
4. What does the term "philanthro-capitalism" mean? Is it meant to be positive or negative?What tells you this?
5. What does the author believe the main goal of businesses is? What does she believe it should be?
6. What is the author's view of corporate social responsibility? How does it relate to her opinion of the goals of businesses?
Vocabulary
Find the following words and phrases in the article. What do they mean in this context? Do they have a positive, negative or neutral connotation?
fetish
philanthropies
bottom line
punch line
chastened
deplorable
communitarian
unobjectionable
constrained
Having read this article and the Horovitz article, what is your view of coroporate social responsibility? Should companies donate to charity? Should they provide free food or other goods? Should they try to improve the world through actions like the "10,000 Women" project? Should they focus on making money or have other priorities?