The reason for CSR’s popularity among drug traffickers is straightforward: whereas it isn’t immediately obvious how General Motors’ shareholders are enriched by the company’s donating money to the Detroit Opera House, the benefit to drug lords of being good corporate citizens is very clear. As Ryanair, the Slim empire, and countless others show, it is perfectly possible to run a successful business without being very popular. In the criminal world, however, entrepreneurs’ freedom depends on their maintaining a basic level of support among the people in whose communities they operate. If the
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