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> But why is it bad that a commercial party wants to respect local laws? How far are you willing to follow this line of argument, should a company help with en
by forgotpwtomain 11y ago
> But why is it bad that a commercial party wants to respect local laws?
How far are you willing to follow this line of argument, should a company help with enforcement Sharia Law, or the North Korean weapons program also? (They conform to local laws!)))
Or are you only willing to follow this line of argument when it is deemed sufficiently profitable over the possible cost of PR backlash for a corporation (which is how I suspect they do their calculations).
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- sangnoir 11y ago> How far are you willing to follow this line of argument, should a company help with enforcement Sharia Law, or the North Korean weapons program also? (They conform to local laws!))) The answer is yes - if the company wishes to do business in Saudi Arabia or North Korea respectively. Morals aside: should Heineken (a Dutch company) sell alcohol to 18 year-old Americans in California because that is legal in the home country? Or should they follow American laws when they are doing business in America? If Heineken finds American laws unconscionable, the best they can do is to not do business in the US. If they want the US as a market - they have to follow the (local) laws. Only in a fascist dystopia do companies get to pick and choose the laws they would rather follow.