Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Corporate good guys
I guess I have a problem with money. It bothers me that rich folks think they get to run things, just because they happen to have more money than the rest of us. Big companies just suck the lifeblood out everything that is good and decent. As you might imagine it is a bit unnerving, and pure pleasure, when I am proven wrong.
Murphy Oil has done exactly that by setting aside $50 million for El Dorado high school students to have college scholarships. What a magnificent idea. It is the most concrete way of giving back. It is a direct gift to real people and the most useful and durable commodity anybody could ever own, education.
Everybody gets one bite of the apple. That is more than fair. I don’t know if high school students are capable of this kind of forward thinking, but such an outstanding gesture makes all the work worthwhile. Don’t expect a sudden outbreak of uncontrolled study and homework, but the youngsters are still responsible for getting admitted.
It will not be the ticket for every last student, but lives will be changed, and the city will be transformed. Murphy Oil has set the curve for something we used to take for granted, good corporate citizenship.
(Broadcast January 24, 2007)
Murphy Oil has done exactly that by setting aside $50 million for El Dorado high school students to have college scholarships. What a magnificent idea. It is the most concrete way of giving back. It is a direct gift to real people and the most useful and durable commodity anybody could ever own, education.
Everybody gets one bite of the apple. That is more than fair. I don’t know if high school students are capable of this kind of forward thinking, but such an outstanding gesture makes all the work worthwhile. Don’t expect a sudden outbreak of uncontrolled study and homework, but the youngsters are still responsible for getting admitted.
It will not be the ticket for every last student, but lives will be changed, and the city will be transformed. Murphy Oil has set the curve for something we used to take for granted, good corporate citizenship.
(Broadcast January 24, 2007)
