Forget "Don't Ask" – the US government is adopting a policy of flat out "Don't Tell." Or at the very least the military is – but if the military can do this, how can we know the government would ethically enforce corporate social responsibility?
Again I refer to the Fleishman-Hillard CSR survey, which in its findings stated the American public thinks the government should do more to encourage and enfore corporate social responsibility. However, a recent article by Gabriel Schoenfeld at Contentions shows just how far government entities will go to cover up their own transparency.
How could we the people rely on the government to do anything different, when it comes to corporations?
First of all, the military has adopted a new policy demanding that anything a soldier posts in a blog or otherwise, must first go through a military Screening process to ensure there aren't any security problems. That in and of itself is perhaps a bit more than just a little questionable.
Secondly, the policy itself is under a self-destruct order and for "official use only" – so that nobody even knows their soldiers are being censored. I'm sorry, but I did not sign up for the military. I refuse to be subjected to your "don't question it, just do it, period" dictatorship.
Corporate social responsibility requires absolute corporate transparency – the people need to be able to see straight through their operations, and make an educated decision about buying their products. The only reason CSR has become such a big issue is because "they" cannot be trusted to provide what is best for society.
But if the only "they" that can regulate and enforce CSR does not lead by example – then who can we trust?
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