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I still don't understand why we expect public trading, for-profit Companies to heed to ethics or morals. Profit is the bottom line. Nothing is more sacred tha
by sidcool 8y ago
I still don't understand why we expect public trading, for-profit Companies to heed to ethics or morals. Profit is the bottom line. Nothing is more sacred than that.
And this applies quite generally, even for <insert your favorite company here>
- wmeredith 8y agoBecause companies are made of people. Nothing a company does isn't decided at some.point by a person. That "profit is the only sacred thing" line is nonsense. It is possible to run a company ethically. There isn't some moralimparative to justify a means towards the end of never leaving any money on the table. Where does that line get drawn? Theft, murder, torture? There are all kinds of things companies do every day the equal passing on dollars for ethical reasons.
- sidcool 8y agoThe line is drawn by the top management. If there is no fear of getting caught, there is no line, and history is a testimony of it. And all this exactly because companies are made of people.