According to media reports, a highly educated "female entrepreneur" runs several large companies and also "signs a donation" of 50 million yuan to the society. Such a "philanthropist" was sentenced to life imprisonment for defrauding Zhou, Chu, Xu and others of more than 14 million yuan. Xu Lihua, a "philanthropist", was exposed layer upon layer in the court of Shanghai No. 1 Middle Court.
The female "philanthropist"'s trick is "three pronged approach": first, under the guise of "environmental protection" and other public welfare "donations"; Second, take "30% return" as bait; Third, Xu himself signed a "donation contract" with the donor who was tricked into making donations. The last two of these three moves are the common practice and "commonness" of common fraudsters, that is, to attract people with high returns and to hide their participation. What is worth vigilance is the first move, which is the "personality" of the case, that is, to deceive people under the guise of "charity".
Doing good deeds is the fine virtue of the Chinese nation. The opening volume of the Three Character Classic "At the beginning of human life, human nature is basically good". Western Hegel advocates "evil" and believes that it is something that "promotes historical development". Although the points of view are different, our nation's pursuit of goodness is a tradition that has lasted for thousands of years. With the people's living standards increasing, charity and charity have become more and more people's needs. Because there are imbalances and differences in society: some people are still living below the poverty line, and need leaders and people around to ask for help; Some people encounter unpredictable natural and man-made disasters on the journey of life and need the help of society; In some places, environmental protection needs to be improved urgently, and enterprises and citizens need to make donations. After doing good deeds for others and society, people will get a psychological satisfaction and value realization, and society will become more harmonious and beautiful in the development of charity.
Where there is demand, there is operation, and charity needs enthusiastic people to operate. People respect and admire these enthusiastic people, because their hard work is more dedication and dedication to society and others. However, it is precisely in this pure and sacred field that some people put on a mask to sell their adultery. The key point of Xu Lihua's case is to take advantage of people's support for public welfare and charity. Because of the word "charity", people will become respectful and pious, reduce their guard, and make the bad guys succeed. Therefore, we should not only be enthusiastic about social philanthropy, but also know that "the heart of defending people is indispensable", and we should be alert to "philanthropists" who wear the skin of a painting. (The author is Zhou Jinwei, a famous theorist and a member of the Legal Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress)
