Archive for November, 2006
Profit vs. Corporate Social Responsibility
“We do business for profit”, that is one common statement I hear from entrepreneurs.
Though making money is not necessarily bad, governments, specially that of the first world, have set guidelines to ensure a minimum Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is observed.
To some, CSR and profit making don’t mix well.
The Grandeur That It Was
With the euphoria of the recent victory of Manny Pacquiao, and Filipinos still feeling proud of his heritage, allow me to share some old pictures of Metro that will add value to your perception of old Manila. It will make you hope you were around those days:
Baywalk, then
Old Luneta
World Class Pinoy
Full of confidence, yet humble. A warrior but gentle. Powerful but equally skillful.
Manny Pacquiao, world class Pinoy!
Being proud to be Filipino is one. But since Manny led the way how a poor boy from a nation where its leaders fight each other, wealth is not shared fairly, the intellectuals and talents migrate to another country, […]
Globally Competitive
In this post, I hope to discuss noteworthy attitudes of Pacquiao that every Filipino can strive to emulate. No, Manny is not God nor he is close to being perfect. He also stands the chance of losing this last fight of him with Eric Morales.
But no one have succeeded yet in uniting politically, regionally and religiously divided Filipinos other than Manny. Win or lose, this Pinoy will command respect among his fellow Pinoys if not every sports lovers in the world.
Hungry for meaning
“Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth or power.
Those rewards create almost as many problems as they resolve.
Our souls are hungry for meaning,
for the sense that we have figured out how to live,
so that our lives matter,
so that the world will be at least a little bit different for our having passed through […]
