近三分之二的中国企业家说自己的企业会承担社会责任。
注:此问题为开放式回答选项,因此这些答案并非相互排斥。
图5 私营企业的核心责任
来源:中国社科院民营经济研究中心
与之类似,老牛基金会发起的慈善千人计划旨在培养非营利组织和慈善领域的专业管理人才,帮助企业实施慈善项目。这一实践对由相关制度缺位而引发的其他社会问题具有启发意义,比如社会福利制度和社会创新。
集体式慈善的启示
研究中国的集体慈善模式,一个问题会自然出现:集体式慈善是否适用于其他国家和地区,特别是西方国家?我们提出这个问题本身就很有意思。传统上,西方慈善文化被其他国家视为值得效仿的典范。然而,中国企业家的数量和经济实力正在不断增强,他们的想法、视角和行为很可能将对全球产生影响。
过去10年里,很多中国企业家成功地走向世界,例如进入美国的联想集团和进入欧洲的华为集团。马云最近提出要让阿里巴巴走进美国,带动100万个就业机会。37随着中国经济重要性的不断提升及中国与全球各国贸易额的持续增长,中国对全球的影响力也在不断加强,集体式慈善也许将成为中国全球“软实力”战略的重要组成部分。
另外,暂且将与中国企业家的渊源搁在一边,集体主义慈善本身可能被全球各地的慈善家视为一种新模式。美国慈善家对更紧密的协同合作和资助协作效应表现出越来越大的兴趣,例如,气候工作基金会由三家大型基金会于2008年共同发起成立。中国企业家积累的实践经验可能为如何更有效地开展集体式慈善提供借鉴。
虽然中国集体式慈善有很多优点,但也需要对它批判地审视。例如,中国企业家有时候偏爱匿名捐赠或完全不捐赠以避免引起媒体关注,因为引人注目可能会引发媒体或政府对其财富来源的调查。集体式慈善对企业家具有吸引力,可能是因为它可以提供一种保护,使个人免受审查。
无论如何,我们相信,中国的集体式慈善是一个重要进展,不仅对中国很重要,对全世界也很重要。中国企业家和商业人士之间建立起了活跃的人际关系,并将其不仅用于商业,也用于行善。集体式慈善的战略不仅让参与其中的企业和企业家获益,也可以提升企业家个人的社会资本,拓展他们的社会关系网络,帮助企业家和他们的员工营造一个和谐环境。
了解集体式慈善有助于回答为什么中国企业家似乎不像他们的西方同行那样慷慨捐赠,也有助于进一步了解中国的商业模式、慈善环境及其根植于斯的中国文化。
注释
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克里斯托弗·马奎斯(Christopher Marquis):
全球企业可持续发展课程“塞缪尔·柯蒂斯·约翰逊”荣誉教授,康奈尔大学塞缪尔·柯蒂斯·约翰逊商学院管理学教授
李奇:
康奈尔大学塞缪尔·柯蒂斯·约翰逊商学院博士生
乔坤元:
得克萨斯州农工大学梅斯商学院博士生。
衷心感谢赛特尔学院(the Satell Institute)为本研究提供资助。