Margaret Thatcher’s unacknowledged grandchild
The death of Baroness Thatcher is dominating today's news. Despite the euologic praises heaped now posthumously on the ‘iron lady’ one cannot overlook one common thread: ambiguity. Yes, she modernized Britain, but for whom? She was a war leader, but what was really gained in the Falklands? She battled constantly with her European friends, but to what avail? Yes, she was the first British female head of state, fairly unprecedented in many countries at the time – but did she leave a legacy to her sisterhood? “Well, yes, technically she was a woman...” was one of the funnier comments on Thatcher’s gender role I once heard. It is fair to say then that among her legacy is certainly one topic which is close to the interest of this blog. And we hasten to add, a legacy no less ambiguous than all her other ones. She certainly symbolizes and has pioneered many of the political changes which have given rise to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a new business practice during the last t...