Corporate Philanthropy外文翻译.doc

外 文 翻 译 原文 Corporate Philanthropy Karen Paul Corporate philanthropy, in particular its impact in South Africa, has been the topic of my research for the past five years, so my response to Samuel Lipmans comments will be framed in that context. U.S. companies came together in the late 1970s to develop a program which would demonstrate their moral righteousness in maintaining investments and operations in South Africa. They were accused of supporting apartheid by doing business there, the demand for sanctions was escalating, and activist groups were becoming organized and mobilized to put pressure on multinational corporations to withdraw from South Africa. Multinational corporations were reluctant to with-draw from South Africa. There were several reasons for this reluctance. South Africa, with its rich mineral wealth and its modem industrial infrastructure, and its white rulers, was a comfortable and economically rewarding place to do business. Maintaining a government that would support U.S. interests in the Southern Atlantic and the Indian Oceans, and continue to supply the United States with a number of strategic materials, and serve as a bulwark against Communism, seemed of vital strategic importance to many government and corporate officials at the time. And many corporate leaders sincerely believed that economic growth created by multinationals would help blacks to grow in skills and productivity, and would eventually help to break down apartheid. The Sullivan Principles were created to demonstrate the social responsibility of U.S. multinationals, to show that the companies were dedicated to eliminating apartheid in the workplace, to providing increased opportunities for black employees, and to improving black communities by means of a variety of projects in the areas of education, health, recreation, housing, and civic projects of many types. Over the 13 years since their inception, U.S. companies have invested over $289 million in these programs. Lipma