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Corporate Charities The Right and Wrong ship canal for stupendous traffic to Give Back to the Community Introductionwhy do people who curb bills feel inclined to ease up it onward? Throughout history, reasons for philanthropy have ranged from guilt to concern for person-to-person trope, from religious principles to simple generosity. America is awash with corporate CEOs who have so much money that they could never spend it in a lifetime. What is pocket change to them could save thousands of lives in a third-world country. And to date only(prenominal) nearly of them choose to give their money away. Even then(prenominal) some of the ones who do are not charitable out of the morality of their marrow but do it purely to make themselves look unwrap in the eyes of the public. In this paper I seek to lay out a spectrum of corporate charities. Through four case studies namely, Wal-Mart, Cisco Systems, board and Melinda Gates, and Ted food turner I show what four co mpanies/company founders have do in the realm on philanthropy and attempt to distinguish amid those that do what they do only to hike up their public image mingled with those whose intentions are wholeheartedly altruistic. The low end of the spectrum Wal-MartWal-Mart is the largest employer in the united States, as well as the largest importer and purchaser of manufactured goods, and largest groceries outlet. The discount barge in was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton in a crushed townspeople in Arkansas. Walton hoped that he could construct a chain of his stores in small communities passim Arkansas and the surrounding states and by the 80s this is save what he did. By 1990, Wal-Mart had become one of the largest competitors with Kmart and Target and had opened over 1400 stores in 28 different states. To... ...f/about_us/case_series/a07990014.pdf3. http//www.fact-index.com/w/wa/wal_mart.html4. http//www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030511/biz.htm5. http//worldhealthnews.ha rvard.edu/6. http//www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030924/world.htm7. http//www.walmartfoundation.org8. http//www.cnn.com/US/9709/18/turner.gift/9. http//www.tedturner.com/philanthropies.html10. http//newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2004/hd_052504f.html11. http//www.cisco.com/gov/markets/e_government.html12. www.cnnfn.com/2003/08/05/ markets/markets_newyork/13. http//www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/080303/bus_080303083.shtml14. http//www.positivenation.co.uk/issue90/regulars/worldnews/wnews90.htm15. http//www.usatoday.com/money/media/2001-11-29-ted-turner.htm16. http//www.ufcw.org/issues_and_actions/walmart_workers_campaign_info/index.cfm Corporate Charities The Right and Wrong Ways for Big Business to Give BCorporate Charities The Right and Wrong Ways for Big Business to Give Back to the Community IntroductionWhy do people who have money feel inclined to give it away? Throughout history, reasons for philanthropy have ranged from guilt to concern for personal ima ge, from religious principles to simple generosity. America is awash with corporate CEOs who have so much money that they could never spend it in a lifetime. What is pocket change to them could save thousands of lives in a third-world country. And yet only some of them choose to give their money away. Even then some of the ones who do are not charitable out of the goodness of their heart but do it purely to make themselves look better in the eyes of the public. In this paper I seek to demonstrate a spectrum of corporate charities. Through four case studies namely, Wal-Mart, Cisco Systems, Bill and Melinda Gates, and Ted Turner I show what four companies/company founders have done in the realm on philanthropy and attempt to distinguish between those that do what they do only to hike up their public image between those whose intentions are wholeheartedly altruistic. The low end of the spectrum Wal-MartWal-Mart is the largest employer in the United States, as well as the large st importer and purchaser of manufactured goods, and largest groceries outlet. The discount store was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton in a small town in Arkansas. Walton hoped that he could construct a chain of his stores in small communities throughout Arkansas and the surrounding states and by the 80s this is just what he did. By 1990, Wal-Mart had become one of the largest competitors with Kmart and Target and had opened over 1400 stores in 28 different states. To... ...f/about_us/case_series/a07990014.pdf3. http//www.fact-index.com/w/wa/wal_mart.html4. http//www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030511/biz.htm5. http//worldhealthnews.harvard.edu/6. http//www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030924/world.htm7. http//www.walmartfoundation.org8. http//www.cnn.com/US/9709/18/turner.gift/9. http//www.tedturner.com/philanthropies.html10. http//newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2004/hd_052504f.html11. http//www.cisco.com/gov/markets/e_government.html12. www.cnnfn.com/2003/08/05/ markets/markets_newyor k/13. http//www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/080303/bus_080303083.shtml14. http//www.positivenation.co.uk/issue90/regulars/worldnews/wnews90.htm15. http//www.usatoday.com/money/media/2001-11-29-ted-turner.htm16. http//www.ufcw.org/issues_and_actions/walmart_workers_campaign_info/index.cfm