Mathew Vigna
Class Discussion Questions for 11/4/20 – Chapter 18: The Community and the
Corporation
1. Top 5 – ‘Social Capital’
Golf, neighbors, delivering food, knowledge, shared identity
2. a) Is corporate philanthropy good?
Corporate philanthropy is good is done correctly. By this I mean that it is good as
long as it isn’t done to ake advantage of society but instead to benefit the society.
b) Which is the most important type of corporate philanthropy:
i] For the community?
ii] For the corporation?
The most important type of corporate philanthropy is for the community, because the
idea of philanthropy is to voluntarily help others. Taking part in philanthropic events tto
benefit yourself defeats the purpose of doing it at all.
3. Should companies contribute employee time for community activities?
a) Should it be voluntary or mandatory?
Companies should contribute employee time to community activities, and it
should be entirely voluntary. If the employees are volunteering and not being paid they
