After reading Dan Alexander’s blogpost, I became aware of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who donated $50 million to help support the emergency efforts of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The foundation announced that it will aide the funding of research centres that are exploring new vaccines, treatments, and technologies to fight the virus. This shows that they’re not just business people, but they are philanthropists who actually care beyond the statistics and money–they care for the society as a whole and wants to create a positive change in society with the wealth that they have accumulated. It shows that they’re aware of the issues that are happening around the world. I think every corporation should adapt to this act of giving back to society because I think using the money they have earned from society to increase the overall welfare is what makes businesses indispensable.
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