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		DarylZero on Dec 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Professional maintainers: a wake-up call That's a myth about legal expectations. "every state has enacted a corporate statute giving managers explicit authority to donate corporate funds for charitable purposes" https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi...

watwut on Dec 12, 2021 [–]

Being allowed to donate to charity does not make those managers responsible for anything else then profit.

(I am not necessary saying companies should run social support. I don't think so. But they are nor responsible for anything but the profit.)

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