Philanthropy as a Modern-Day Tool of Speculation
Agnieszk DRAGAN-PAWLUSIAK
Warsaw University of Technology , PolandAbstract
Despite the fact that the media continually report on natural disasters, homelessness, poverty, insufficient medical care and education, on malnutrition (predominantly affecting children), social marginalization, gender inequality, epidemics, destruction of the natural environment and depletion of animal species, on the attitudes of non-compliance with the rule of law, migration crises and a growing crime rate, efforts to provide material help to the needy are intense and frequently accomplished through philanthropic activities, which are, not infrequently, a source of income for those who sponsor them. Unfortunately, modern-day models of philanthropy are conducive to evil dealings, such as a combination of help or support provision with a promotion of certain policies (e.g. educational, information, cultural, migration, and demographic), or even with the procedure of provoking domestic crises in independent states. The support provided through financial means turns out a socially ambivalent tool.
Keywords:
philanthropy, pathologies of philanthropy, foundations, profiteeringWarsaw University of Technology
