"You have to be willing to give back to the community that supports this business,"

[sunnystarr]

Jackie Robinson West Little League baseball player Jaheim Benton acknowledges the crowd during the team's United States World Series Championship Rally at Millennium Park on Aug. 27, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois.

When Jackie Robinson West players returned home to Chicago this week, seemingly everyone in the nation knew about the U.S. champions of this year's Little League World Series.

What most people didn't know, however, was that 12-year-old Jaheim Benton -- No. 8 on the Jackie Robinson West squad -- had no particular home to return to. As the Sun-Times reported late Thursday, Benton and his family are homeless. But one local businessman wants to change that.

Spencer Leak Jr. told The Huffington Post he heard of Benton's situation on the radio Friday morning while holding to phone in for an unrelated story. When it was his turn to talk, the 44-year-old vice president of Chicago's Leak & Sons Funeral Homes said on the air that his family's business would be willing to cover an entire year's rent for the Benton family.

.......... more ... and then

"You have to be willing to give back to the community that supports this business," Leak said, adding that he hopes his family's act of kindness will inspire others to help their fellow neighbors in need.

"What we’re doing is not out of the ordinary," he said. "It’s what all Chicagoans -- what all Americans -- should be doing."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/29/jaheim-benton-homeless_n_5739260.html

Corporations used to support their communities at the local and national level. They actually did care about their people. While I'm sure there are examples of some that didn't, the majority at least made a show of caring. It all seemed to change with Reagan. Now both workers and country get the same Fuck You Reagan gave to the traffic controllers. It's past time we give them their big Fuck You back.

[Ilsa]

1. I suspect sole proprietorships and small businesses,

in general, do what they can to support local charities. The big corps only do what they have to, usually just enough to put them in a lower tax bracket so the contribution pays for itself. Do I have proof? No. But "business ethics" doesn't mean much to Boards of Directors any more. If it did, they wouldn't be looking for ways to fuck over customers, workers, unions, and communities.

[hifiguy]

4. When it comes to large corporations

"business ethics" is as oxymoronic as "Justice Scalia/Thomas" or "military music."

[GeorgeGist]

2. Sorry, but this is Fark worthy ...

"You have to be willing to give back to the community that supports this business" said Spencer Leaks, Jr. of Leak & Sons Funeral Homes.

[sunnystarr]

3. Not sure what "Fark" worthy is ...

but sure doesn't sound good. Unless you mean it's funny since it's a funeral home giving back to their community. But if you meant it was funny then you wouldn't have started with "Sorry."

Next time I decide to post something I'll make sure it isn't something positive to a business. Just color me "sorry" to give recognition to someone doing the right thing and remembering a better time in the past when it wasn't rare at all. Doesn't seem to be popular around here.