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I agree with you, but I think it's more than just greed. These companies consist of many employees. Depending on how you look at it, all those employees are con
by snowpanda 9y ago
I agree with you, but I think it's more than just greed. These companies consist of many employees. Depending on how you look at it, all those employees are contributing to the problem indirectly by working for the company. So one question that comes to mind is are these employees greedy too? What about the interns that get minimum wage? Are they not simply trying to make a living?
So I think the first part of your comment is more accurate in the sense that people rationalize things.
In that regard, I think we should look at schools emphasizing values in terms of work ethics. When I was in college I took a business ethics class. I realized that was the first time in my entire education that I was learning things about anything even remotely related to this subject, not to mention, the class was optional. That's a sad thing to happen in only the last years before entering the permanent work force.
- zaptheimpaler 9y agoThe fact is if someone works for one of those companies, they are contributing to the problem. Maybe out of greed, maybe necessity, maybe ignorance. Moral judgements aside, it really doesn't matter why as long as they choose to work there - the company still benefits and the cycle still continues. I'm sure teaching ethics would help.. but then again I don't think all the recent revelations about FB/Google/Twitter have done anything to make hiring more difficult for them. At most they pay 10-20% more and get the people they need. Parts of wall street are unethical and yet they get all the employees they need given the right salary.