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Originally Posted by shalym
Now...if you want to get into the "morality" of a company, maybe you should look at their charitable contributions and the causes they support...to me, what they give back to society is MUCH more important...
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Then you should read this 2009 article:
The New Scrooge: Are there lemonade stands that devote more to charity than Amazon.com?
It seems they are tighter than a duck's posterior.
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the only listed donations by Amazon.com itself are a single Nonprofit Innovation Award that has not been given since 2005, and the delivery after "recent flooding in Southeast Kansas, [of] more than 10 pallets of household goods"
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10 pallets of household goods! Do you think they can afford it?
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Recent Amazon.com SEC filings and annual reports make no mention of grants, charitable donations, local arts support, or any other civic-minded efforts by the online giant. By contrast, their rival Barnes & Noble actually notes community relations in its annual reports and maintains a Sponsorships and Charitable Donations page complete with application instructions.
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And B&N pay their taxes too!
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When asked specifically about the extent of Amazon.com's charitable contributions—indeed, for any comment at all on a corporate policy regarding philanthropy—the company's response was silence. Repeated calls and e-mails have since gone unreturned.
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Unbelievable. And they avoid paying taxes too.