Do businesses have a cultural responsibility ? Real mission or false concept: the case of big tech companies

Les entreprises ont-elles une responsabilité culturelle ? Mission réelle ou faux concept: l'exemple des GAFA

Pierre Schweitzer ()
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Pierre Schweitzer: LID2MS - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Droit des Médias et Mutations Sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université

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Abstract: It has become fashionable to ask companies for all kinds of missions that are not related to their main purpose. This is especially true for big american tech companies that are referred to as GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon), from which many people seem to expect a cultural responsibility commensurate with their influence. The author begins by questioning the relevance of the acronym "GAFA", then asks what the meaning of a cultural responsibility could be, and above all whether large tech companies have any reason to assume it, or whether, as the economist Milton Friedman said, "The Social Responsibility of Business Is To Increase Its Profits".

Keywords: Profit; cultural responsibility; Milton Friedman; Big tech; Amazon; Facebook; Google; Apple; Corporate social responsibility CSR; responsabilité; culturelle; responsabilité culturelle; GAFA; éthique; profit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-06
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