No it's not, you mistake criminal law for "that which can get you sued".
Criminal offences are illegal, murder is illegal, breaking a contract is not
illegal

This is a good place to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort

Giving to charity isn't illegal, it's good PR!
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort>

2010/9/8 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>

>
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
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>> As has been said by others, it is actively
>> ILLEGAL for a publicly traded corporation to engage in charity, if its
>> easy to prove there was an alternate route that would have earned a
>> lot more money.
>>
>
> Er... come again? Where did you get this idea from?
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