Comments on: Corporate Social Responsibility? http://j-k.in/blog/2009/11/corporate-social-responsibility/ Express yourself Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:28:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anwin http://j-k.in/blog/2009/11/corporate-social-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Anwin Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:07:21 +0000 http://j-k.in/blog/?p=431#comment-462 An eye opener of a post man. Shocking to hear that medicines are adulterated :( An eye opener of a post man. Shocking to hear that medicines are adulterated :(

]]> By: Jinsen Karedath http://j-k.in/blog/2009/11/corporate-social-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Jinsen Karedath Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:20:38 +0000 http://j-k.in/blog/?p=431#comment-375 @ Roy Varghese Palatty: Hi Thank you for your valuable comment , There are certain points about medical profession, you have correctly mentioned that they are spending money keeping in mind that they can get their money back, I do not think it is wrong when they give lakhs for admission and as tuition fees. But what about for those who learn with common mans’ money?, they should not have such an aim. Government should come with stringent law to ban those who go abroad after completing their education from Govt. colleges, at least for some years they should work in India. But what about our system, if I get a Govt. job today, I can take leave after 3 months or so and go abroad, make money and come back. My job is reserved here… this should be changed. You have mentioned “holy’ medical field becomes mess-like” you might have noticed the strike of Govt. doctors, may not be a holy profession for them, at least they could think about patients’-at least for some humanitarian consideration. I urge the government to impose ESMA on them whenever they go on strike. There is no deficiency of law in this country, but to execute it in right way- will power to do so. I do not think our system will improve unless until we have a <a href="http://j-k.in/blog/2009/04/india-the-largest-democracy-is-it/" rel="nofollow">feedback mechanism</a> . @ Roy Varghese Palatty: Hi Thank you for your valuable comment , There are certain points about medical profession, you have correctly mentioned that they are spending money keeping in mind that they can get their money back, I do not think it is wrong when they give lakhs for admission and as tuition fees. But what about for those who learn with common mans’ money?, they should not have such an aim.
Government should come with stringent law to ban those who go abroad after completing their education from Govt. colleges, at least for some years they should work in India. But what about our system, if I get a Govt. job today, I can take leave after 3 months or so and go abroad, make money and come back. My job is reserved here… this should be changed.
You have mentioned “holy’ medical field becomes mess-like” you might have noticed the strike of Govt. doctors, may not be a holy profession for them, at least they could think about patients’-at least for some humanitarian consideration. I urge the government to impose ESMA on them whenever they go on strike.
There is no deficiency of law in this country, but to execute it in right way- will power to do so.
I do not think our system will improve unless until we have a feedback mechanism .

]]> By: Roy Palatty http://j-k.in/blog/2009/11/corporate-social-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Roy Palatty Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:04:19 +0000 http://j-k.in/blog/?p=431#comment-373 It is quite interesting to read the recent blog on health care and corporate social responsibility (CSR).The whole issue has to be reflected, as the writer implicitly mentioned, in the wider context of social justce - justice towards the stakeholders, the customers, the beneficiaries and so on. Here, the first issue raised is on the high amount that doctors receving for medical care. Have you ever thought of a person who is trained in our country with a huge public investment and migrating to another country? If they fail to do so, although not all, they find some other ways to make money. Can we criticize them on the same ground? Not so easily! Since they invest the money for their studies with a view of getting back in some way, the whole situation of 'holy' medical field becomes mess-like. So, I think, these questions must be discussed and debated in public forums, not to reach an overnight solution, but to make certain awareness among the medical practitioners and the patients. The political intervention apart from mere power politics, is inevitable to find some solution to problems in the field of care care, in particular. Can we conduct a rigorous study on the issue of how and why the epidemics are spreading like anything in a state like Kerala, where people are highly involved in public discussion, in one way or the other, and high percentage of literacy? Can the government not promulgate and legislate certain regulations to control the mushroom growth of medical mafia? The prodigal freedom of the few distorts the responsible freedom of the mass. Responsiblity divorced from freedom is a chaotic state. Let us wish for a responsible community. Roy Varghese Palatty Centre for Ethics and Economics Leuven University, Belgium It is quite interesting to read the recent blog on health care and corporate social responsibility (CSR).The whole issue has to be reflected, as the writer implicitly mentioned, in the wider context of social justce – justice towards the stakeholders, the customers, the beneficiaries and so on. Here, the first issue raised is on the high amount that doctors receving for medical care. Have you ever thought of a person who is trained in our country with a huge public investment and migrating to another country? If they fail to do so, although not all, they find some other ways to make money. Can we criticize them on the same ground? Not so easily! Since they invest the money for their studies with a view of getting back in some way, the whole situation of ‘holy’ medical field becomes mess-like. So, I think, these questions must be discussed and debated in public forums, not to reach an overnight solution, but to make certain awareness among the medical practitioners and the patients. The political intervention apart from mere power politics, is inevitable to find some solution to problems in the field of care care, in particular. Can we conduct a rigorous study on the issue of how and why the epidemics are spreading like anything in a state like Kerala, where people are highly involved in public discussion, in one way or the other, and high percentage of literacy? Can the government not promulgate and legislate certain regulations to control the mushroom growth of medical mafia? The prodigal freedom of the few distorts the responsible freedom of the mass. Responsiblity divorced from freedom is a chaotic state. Let us wish for a responsible community.

Roy Varghese Palatty
Centre for Ethics and Economics
Leuven University, Belgium

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