In 1899 Lord Cadbury (the famous British chocolate manufacturer)
is asked by Queen Victoria to send chocolates to the British soldiers
who are fighting in South Africa against the Boers? The Boers were
early Dutch settlers in South Africa who fought against the British
Empire in a war that lasted from 1899 to 1902. The British won and
in 1910 all these republics were embodied in the Union of South
Africa. Britain was much criticised for its ways during this war
and the war led to a reaction against imperialism. When Lord Cadbury
is asked to send his chocolates over to the British army he is much
in doubt. In the end, he wraps every sweet with the photograph of
Queen Victoria and charges each chocolate only at cost value.
Why do you think Lord Cadbury takes this kind of decision?
Could
he not have sent any chocolates at all if he disagreed with this
war?
Why
didn't he want to make profits?
What
would you have done in his place?
Have
you ever been asked to do something you didn't want to but felt
you couldn't say "no"?
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