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That scenario becomes a lot more dire when the CEO says CEO, to me: Yes, because we are compelled by law backed by jail time or hefty fines.
by tennysonmach 11y ago
That scenario becomes a lot more dire when the CEO says
CEO, to me: Yes, because we are compelled by law
backed by jail time or hefty fines.
- sarciszewski 11y agoI already discussed that scenario. We'd shut our doors, release all of our code as CC0+WTFPL, and start a new company fresh. At the end of the day, we care about our integrity more than we do dollars.
- scrollaway 11y agoI'd commend you for doing that but it's very easy to say early in the process when you're not faced with the situation. Once three years of your life have been invested in the product and you have tens or hundreds of thousands of users, will your answer be the same?
- sarciszewski 11y agoI appreciate the vote of confidence on our eventual success. I can't predict the future. I'd like to say our answer won't change. If it does, we deserve to fail.
- scrollaway 11y agoI get the feeling you are underestimating how difficult of a decision this is. If you really care about doing the right thing down the line, I recommend thinking very long and very hard about it because, down the line if you do succeed, the time you have to take the decision will come and you will not be expecting it by then. Underestimating the situation is a sure-fire way to fail your own expectations. Governments don't care about small startups with little reach. They will ask you when it's hard.
- sarciszewski 11y agoWell, it's not my call. I'm not a decisionmaker ;P
- tomelders 11y agoIf you have shareholders, you can't legally make that call.
- sarciszewski 11y agoWe don't. :D
- tomelders 11y agoIf you have shareholders, you can't legally make that call.
- s73v3r 11y agoEasy to say now. Much harder to follow through when you're relying on your paycheck to pay your rent or buy you food.
- sarciszewski 11y agoIt's hard to not parse your response as putting profits before people.
- s73v3r 11y agoI'm not even really talking about profits, though. Just the basic amount needed to get by.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoOne should always ensure their financial situation does not preclude one from exercising their ethics.
- s73v3r 11y agoShould, but unfortunately one can't always forsee things that come up. If your spouse comes down with cancer, for instance, and you're reliant upon company insurance to pay for treatment, one might be tempted to put their spouse's treatment ahead of those ethics.