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good people joining bad companies can do nothing about it unless they are going to join as its ceo. good people(those who have high morals) will never work for

good people joining bad companies can do nothing about it unless they are going to join as its ceo. good people(those who have high morals) will never work for these kinda company on a matter of principle. some good people with slightly less moral either become complacent in this as the money is good n they will turn a blind eye as each day pass. some others will try to blow whistle n get crushed. the evil people end up running the place. those who have the power to quickly change the attitude of system is the goddamn president

nickpsecurity 11y ago
"good people joining bad companies can do nothing about it unless they are going to join as its ceo." It's worse than that. Even CEO's answer to someone: the owners or the board. So, if those want evil course of action, even most CEOs' hands are going to be tied. The people with the greatest impact are probably the VC's given they can fund what they want to see happen. They can create a lot of good by funding things that are both marketable and positive for society. Anyone below owner has no guarantee of doing anything out of the parameters of the company. It's the nature of capitalism and often business in general.
- rubberstamp 11y ago
  You are very right. VCs and defence sector with too much money. But ceo is not in a bad position. If ceo can find new market for the products, one which brings more profits and better prospects, VC and board will be onboard with it.
  - nickpsecurity 11y ago
    There's potential there. Just not when the market is inherently leaning toward sneaky usages like Big Data mining.
- PakG1 11y ago
  The VCs also answer to someone. They answer to their investors and limited partners. Those guys usually want monetary return on investment, except in special cases for unique funds. The only people who have nobody to answer to are the billionaires. Some of them do good like Bill Gates. Some don't.
  - nickpsecurity 11y ago
    Good point. I overlooked it when writing the comment. So, much more inertia and incentives to fight than people realize.

nickpsecurity 11y ago

"good people joining bad companies can do nothing about it unless they are going to join as its ceo." It's worse than that. Even CEO's answer to someone: the owners or the board. So, if those want evil course of action, even most CEOs' hands are going to be tied. The people with the greatest impact are probably the VC's given they can fund what they want to see happen. They can create a lot of good by funding things that are both marketable and positive for society. Anyone below owner has no guarantee of doing anything out of the parameters of the company. It's the nature of capitalism and often business in general.

rubberstamp 11y ago
You are very right. VCs and defence sector with too much money. But ceo is not in a bad position. If ceo can find new market for the products, one which brings more profits and better prospects, VC and board will be onboard with it.
- nickpsecurity 11y ago
  There's potential there. Just not when the market is inherently leaning toward sneaky usages like Big Data mining.
PakG1 11y ago
The VCs also answer to someone. They answer to their investors and limited partners. Those guys usually want monetary return on investment, except in special cases for unique funds. The only people who have nobody to answer to are the billionaires. Some of them do good like Bill Gates. Some don't.
- nickpsecurity 11y ago
  Good point. I overlooked it when writing the comment. So, much more inertia and incentives to fight than people realize.