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Personally, I don't think that's "good." I remember fondly Tim Cook's response to an activist investor about why they support environmentally sound policies: "
by ryandamm 10y ago
Personally, I don't think that's "good." I remember fondly Tim Cook's response to an activist investor about why they support environmentally sound policies:
"When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind, I don’t consider the bloody ROI,” Cook said, adding that the same sentiment applied to environmental and health and safety issues. [1]
Personally, I think there's a higher system of value than corporate profits and share price. But that's a first principle argument. Conveniently, I happen to believe that purely shareholder-value-maximizing behavior rarely fails to build long term value, so I'm having my philosophical cake and eating it, too. But when push comes to shove, we do things for reasons beyond profit. It's pretty hollow otherwise.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/tim-cook-climate-change-sceptics-ditch-apple-shares https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/03/tim-cook...
- rampage101 10y agoYea, maybe we can get more guys to go full retard like the GrubHub CEO lol... You got to be delusional to think Apple is helping the environment.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago> full retard Stop that.
- ryandamm 10y ago> You got to be delusional to think Please stop that, too. It's not an argument.
- RandomOpinion 10y agoNot to rain on your worldview or anything but I must point out that one of the requirements for being in upper management that's public facing is the ability to say just about anything with a straight face. ("Courage" anyone?) The fact that Tim Cook came up with a good (from a PR perspective) response doesn't say anything about the actual motivation.