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I don't believe corporations can really have ethics in any meaningful way. For sure there are people who work there, often with a good amount of control, who ma
by cmiles74 10y ago
I don't believe corporations can really have ethics in any meaningful way. For sure there are people who work there, often with a good amount of control, who may be ethical. On the whole, however, they report to boards or committees. In my opinion, it's much easier for a group of people to talk themselves out of acting ethically.
Having economic interests line up with corporate interests sounds as good as it gets, to me.
- Retric 10y agoCompanies often act ethical when the rules support this. If you tax pollution or other externalities then company's take them into account. And people generally prefer working with ethical companies which is a bonus. However when you don't tax pollution companies that act unethically have a huge advantage and win driving more unethical behavior.
- elastic_church 10y agoProtip: there is no wisdom of the crowd
- endgame 10y agoI think the best you can do as a company is set up as a B Corp or something and try to build "do good" into the corp's reason for existing. This is a stronger step than "don't be evil".