Finding the Balance

On my very first very first entry on this blog, I have imposed a challenge on myself that I will no longer consider myself first every time I am helping someone. Sad to say, I have failed because I still consider myself whenever I am helping. But I guess the problem is not within my failure but is within the challenge itself.

In CSRGOVE, I have learned that it is not really about social responsibility alone in the corporate world. However, this does not mean that it should all be about profit. Either of the two is wrong. What I have learned is that there should always be a balance between the two. The common mistake among people is that they always consider profit outweighing social responsibility. Most of the time it is hard to find the balance between the two, but it is very important that we do. After all, the main purpose of a business is to make profit. However, we should always keep in mind that we owe to the world to make it a better place.

Because of this, I have realized that sometimes, we look at things the wrong way. Sometimes, we tend to look at just the shallow meanings of things but we never really look at the deeper levels of things. This course taught me that there is more to things than we know it. CSR is not just about being good and business is not just about doing good in terms of figures.

Therefore, the challenge still continues. I still have a long way to go and I hope that the path that I choose to take includes these two things that are very essential. I hope to find the balance between things.