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There not much the individual can do about it. It's not feasible for me as a consumer to do proper research into the backgrounds behind my products and companie
by tfha 9y ago
There not much the individual can do about it. It's not feasible for me as a consumer to do proper research into the backgrounds behind my products and companies that I use. It's barely feasible for me to even be confident I'm buying quality goods at all.
And if I do, I will be paying higher prices for the same lifestyle as my neighbors. At the consumer level this is fine, but at the business level my company will fail. My competition has saved enough money by using cheaper services that they can hire a PR firm to establish them as a 'humans first' company by brand, regardless of what is actually happening behind the scenes.
So I lose on both fronts for being responsible.
It's a problem that can only be fixed with regulation.
- wallacoloo 9y ago> I will be paying higher prices for the same lifestyle as my neighbors. At the consumer level this is fine, but at the business level my company will fail. I don't follow. If a portion of consumers like yourself are willing to pay higher prices to uphold their values, who are they paying higher prices to if not businesses that are conforming to those values?
- Aeolun 9y agoTo a customer there's no visible difference between a company that claims to uphold those values selling the product for $20, and a company actually upholding those values that sells the same thing for $30.