Cancer for the cure

I read today that Glasko Smith KLine (GSK) have announced they will publish over 13,000 compounds that may have an impact on Malaria to stimulate research into the disease. This isn't a cure they are giving away but it may ultimately lead to one. This is all in the interests of social responsibility according to its Chief exec. This coupled with Google's recent announcement that it is going  to stop censoring Google China (remember the 'don't be evil' motto, they forgot for a while) looks like the start of a corporate responsibility trend. Could 2010 actually be the year corporations gain a conscience, next we'll hear about how Nestle will stop aggressively marketing baby formula in africa and Tesco will be supporting local shops and protecting jobs at suppliers. Although I do think that both these decisions should be applauded I don't think that it should detract from the criticism of the orignal acts themselves. People don't applaud me because I don't beat up old ladies.