Actually, our first choice was Pixar. Recently this company became the most famous animation company in the world, but other groups also chose it, so we had to change. We researched about successful cases in enterprise management and uniqueness. Finally we found a company, Benetton, which fits our requirements. Benetton is well known as a big company in fashion, but its beginning was very shabby and unique in character, and history.
Benetton is a typical family business. Four Benetton brothers and sisters established this company. Maybe it is similar with Korea’s many old companies in terms of making own fortune by their own, but it was interesting that they’ve maintained their management system. Generally after certain success, companies become crazy about more profit or have close relation with political influence in Korea, but Benetton was different. They tried to not only just develop products in better quality, but also be larger sized and more globalized. Moreover they have grown to a company that deals with global problems. We think that it is because of the people in Benetton who have never forgotten the early spirits. Benetton family seems that they still remember hardship and effort of old days. These visions of Benetton can be seen in their various CSR. The spirit did not just stop, they are practicing it!
Among various CSR, the most interesting thing is advertisement campaign. Through these shocking pictures in posters, Benetton tells socially sensitive problems and carves them to people’s memory. Surely, we think its first purpose is to advertise. But it has more meanings. As Luciano Benetton said in interview, they respect humanity, and object to racism. It means they do the campaign because they believe it is the right way, not comp ...