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Article: Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
- Article from:
- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 18, 2002
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A question of responsibility
Editor:
My first reaction to Robert Hinkley's article in the Feb. 18 edition of the San Diego Business Journal ("How Corporate Law Inhibits Social Responsibility") was one of intrigue: could a legal entity such as a corporation be made to function like a social entity similar to a person?
But the question itself gives the answer - no. Not because it wouldn't be potentially of value, but because a corporation isn't a social entity and, realistically, cannot be. This idea is nothing but a fairy tale.
As is typical in stories like this one, the writer starts with noble ideas: improve the environment, security ...