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google doesn't throw her money away !! I'm positively sure that they will get it double a triple :) they don't do charity
by tunisian123 13y ago
google doesn't throw her money away !! I'm positively sure that they will get it double a triple :) they don't do charity
- dudus 13y agoGoogle actually does a lot of charity http://www.google.com/giving/ http://www.google.com/giving/
- praptak 13y agoPublicly traded companies even if they do "charity", they do it expecting good PR in return. Any other kind of charity (i.e. done without publicity, only to make the world a better place) would be against their duty to the shareholders.
- prostoalex 13y agoDue to dual-class structure Google realistically has only two shareholders. The only legally mandated duty is quarterly report of the numbers.
- baddox 13y agoYou're just bringing up the tired thought experiment about whether "true altruism" exists. Is it really corporate "charity" if the company expects good PR and eventually profit as a result? Is it really individual "charity" if the person gets a really good feeling as a result?
- jrockway 13y agoIf real kids are getting real flu shots or whatever, who cares about the PR? Getting personal satisfaction from charitable giving doesn't make your donation less valuable. "You're only saving me from a life-threatening illness because you have a big ego! I don't want your charity," said no one ever.
- acchow 13y agoIs your point that we shouldn't be supportive of corporations doing charity? There are corporations which have rationally (long-term profit-wise, or whatever) decided to do charity work. There are corporations which have decided not to. I support the former.
- 27182818284 13y agogoogle.org is their charitable extension.