Towards greater corporate social responsibility - Aga Khan Foundation’s Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy « Ismaili Mail: "owards greater corporate social responsibility - Aga Khan Foundation’s Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy November 2, 2006
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Towards greater corporate social responsibility
By Foqia Sadiq Khan and Zehra Aftab
Bill Gates with a current net worth of $53 billion was sitting on it like a gold digger till the late 1990s. The size of his personal wealth rose and rose and eventually the media began to take notice, and some even pointed fingers at him, saying that he should part with some of his wealth for philanthropic purposes. The argument was that he had played a big role in shaping the virtual world and in enriching himself in the process but that meant also shouldering some social responsibility. It all changed in 2000 with the establishment of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The king of Microsoft now donates 52 per cent of his wealth to various philanthropic endeavours through the foundation."
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