Word: altruism
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...Although President Bush lowered himself to name calling during the U.S. presidential campaign, it's worth noting the considerable amount of invective hurled at him and his fellow Americans by people in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In postwar Europe, Americans were warmly received because of their altruism and decency. Today, Americans are almost universally shunned as imperialists. In three years, Bush has destroyed 50 years of hard-earned political, market and moral capital. Philip Leone Maidenhead, England...
...While President Bush lowered himself to name calling during the U.S. presidential campaign, it's worth noting the considerable amount of invective hurled at him and his fellow Americans by people in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In postwar Europe, Americans were warmly received because of their altruism and decency. Today Americans are almost universally shunned as imperialists. In three years Bush has destroyed 50 years of hard-earned political, market and moral capital. Philip Leone Maidenhead, England Fighting for Every Last Vote Though the political parties have collected vast amounts of voter information in their secret databases...
...across town, charitable foundations are funding five professorships, and four more are on the way. A new wave of business philanthropy is breaking across Europe. Corporate giving is commonplace in the U.S., where a century ago the Carnegie Corporation and the Rockefeller family pioneered a new type of corporate altruism. Their foundations remain models for companies and wealthy businesspeople, including Microsoft's Bill Gates, whose family foundation is one of the world's biggest. In Europe, however, with the exception of Britain, corporate-giving traditions were wiped out by war, inflation and the growth of the welfare state, which left...
...wave of business philanthropy is breaking across Europe. Corporate giving is commonplace in the U.S., where a century ago the Carnegie Corporation and the Rockefeller family pioneered a new type of corporate altruism. Their foundations remain models for companies and wealthy business people, including Microsoft's Bill Gates, whose family foundation is one of the world's biggest. In Europe, however, with the exception of Britain, corporate-giving traditions were wiped out by war, inflation and the growth of the welfare state, which left firms with little incentive to dole out funds. Fueled by high taxes, governments have carried...
...creeping altruism, the notion of giving back is still not as ingrained as it is in the U.S., largely because Europeans are used to paying so much in taxes. John Logan, who runs a foundation that Britain's Vodafone set up in 2002 and is urging its subsidiaries to do the same, has a hard time explaining the need for corporate philanthropy in some parts of Europe. For example, in Sweden, where taxes are among the highest in Europe, Logan says, "persuading our friends that they should be encouraged to give is quite a difficult...