Social Responsibility
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Singapore has never seen such a time where majority of the people seem to be working towards Social Responsibility. In my entire life, this is the first time I hear people actually talk about it, swear by it, and honor it.

S.A.R.S. (Severe Acute Respitory Syndrome, and do not think otherwise!), looks to have brought out a different side of people. Words and socially responsible behaviors can be seen in a country where material gains and personal interest comes first. Are we sure we are socially responsible, or are we, yet again, abusing such a meaningful and powerful word.

See, I have great problems with the term 'Social Responsibility'. (And many reading would be wondering what do I not have a problem with, right?!) The thing is this, the term, 'Social Responsibility' has become a tool for us to hold against another.

Either that, or we're totally new to the term.

I hear people talk about it. They tell me what I have to do to be socially responsible, so that he/her life is not going to be endangered. Hey! So its for a selfish reason that we are now more conscious about our social responsibility, and not for the common goal of making our society a better place for other's who shares it with us. Wah, what a mockery to the word, Social.

I feel for social workers through this episode of advocacy of Social Responsibility. Social Workers seek in their professional endeavor to make the society a better place. Somehow, I feel its undermining such a noble cause with everyone interpreting it differently, for a personal cause and reason.

So, is social responsibility for a personal agenda of our own safety, or is it for a better and more caring nation?