All for a good cause

What is it that induces us to hand over our hard-earned cash to strangers? What makes some of us sacrifice our valuable time to help the needy? Is it that we feel better about ourselves, safe in the knowledge that we are really deep down good people after all, or is it that we feel genuinely torn when we see suffering? If it's difficult to say why ordinary people support charitable causes, then supposedly cold and heartless companies and corporations doing it can seem even more surprising.But examples of such generosity abound throughout the real estate industry. MGPA supports SOS Children's Villages and every year allows runners to race to the top of its Rondo 1 building in Warsaw in the 'Rondo 1 Run-up'; Murapol takes part in the Szlachetna Paczka [Noble Parcel] programme, whereby presents are given to the most needy people and families; Dolcan supports the Dzieci Ulicy [Children of the Street] foundation - and even local developers are not averse to giving. Szczecin-based Neptun Dev