Archive Report
Archive Report
Society's Challege to Corporations
Demands on Companies to Show Social Concern
American corporations seemed an unlikely place only a short time ago for the phrase “social responsibility” to fall from every lip. Yet hardly any business executive neglects the phrase in his speeches these days. It is true that there may be no precise understanding among the listeners as to how the words would be applied. But the very fact that they are spoken at all says much about the state of the corporate world. Business leaders are changing, whether grudgingly or willingly, to meet some of the changing attitudes of society.
Business literature is replete with self-analysis and wonderment in the midst of attack from many sides. Corporation executives seem no less puzzled than many other ...