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Business -- Economics
Business Expectations and Community Involvement
Successful businesses bring many things to the communities in which they are located. Because they are successful and profitable they are often admired by most of the people that reside near them. The question at hand is whether these businesses should concentrate less on their maximization of profit and instead use some of their resources to give back to the communities. It would seem as though the answer to this would be a resounding "yes." Unfortunately, not all businesses are willing to do this.
Many businesses only have interest in how much profit they can make. They are not concerned about those around them, and they certainly do not give things back to the community. These businesses fail to realize some things. First of all, by using raw materials and resources from the community, potentially polluting the air of the community if the business is a factory or some other such entity, residing on land in a particular community, and employing people who live in the community and sometimes are required to work hard for long hours and little pay, the business is already taking a great deal from the community.
In return for everything they take, many businesses do not give anything back. They do not make the effort to pay their employees an extra bonus around Christmas time, reduce their potential pollutants so that the children of employees and others in the community don't have to breathe harmful fumes, or make sure that the surrounding forest areas where they have...
These are only some examples of some of the ways that businesses take from communities and do not reap what they sow. Many of these businesses continue to thrive. Either those who live near them do not realize the effects that the business is having on the community, or the business is so large and important to the community's economy that boycotting it or attempting to get it to relocate would be worse on the community then what the business is already doing to it.
However, there are businesses out there that are concerned about their communities. They provide health insurance at inexpensive rates to their employees, they make sure that anything they put into the air or the water is not going to be harmful to those who live around them, they plant flowers around the front of their business to make the neighborhood more beautiful, and they may sponsor the local Little League team so that they can get good uniforms and good players and attempt to go to state championships this year. It would be nice if more businesses did these kinds of things.
For those businesses that do, the rewards are often great. Even if someone formerly did not purchase a specific good or service from this business, is hard to ignore how involved in the community and gracious a business like this is. By giving some of their profit away to do things for the community, they actually make more profit…
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