Corporate Citizenship
by digby
Here’s the third in the series on the evolution of the first Reagan Democrat from The Donkey Edge. This one comes after Ronnie had become the face of GE:
General Electric uses the phrase “corporate citizenship”. That the corporation itself is a citizen and, as you say, has a responsibility as a corporate citizen in the community. And I think that modern industry would be the first to admit that back in the ’30s and previous to the ’30s leading up to the Great Depression that there was no such thing as “corporate citizenship” and that management was responsible before the creation of organized labor because they were unwilling to recognize their responsibility and their obligation to their fellow citizens.
And who said conservatives didn’t believe in progress?