Business has the power, and obligation, to fight inequality, says Thuli Madonsela
‘It may take hundreds of years to address the legacy of apartheid‚ but even if apartheid had never happened‚ it would still be our duty to make sure nobody is left behind’
Corporate social investment has the power to help bring about social justice and to end poverty‚ inequality and unemployment, says Thuli Madonsela. The former public protector delivered the keynote address at the 11th annual Trialogue Business in Society Conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday. "Business is in a position of power and privilege, and business has a voice‚ in the same way that when you become an advocate‚ you have a voice. "It also means that you have an obligation to leverage your influence for good‚" said Madonsela‚ who is now the social justice chair at the law faculty of Stellenbosch University. She said the indignities imposed by poverty‚ inequality and unemployment could pose a threat to democracy. Effective corporate social investment could drive justice‚ "where the Millennium Development Goals become community goals, and where social justice has the power to help insulate a nascent democracy from the peril of corruption and exclusion‚ and inequality between and w...
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