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When companies like Marriott and JJ are doing things like this, people incur great losses and there is little to no repurcussion to the companies. Meanwhile, s
by rasengan 8y ago
When companies like Marriott and JJ are doing things like this, people incur great losses and there is little to no repurcussion to the companies.
Meanwhile, some guy in the street will go to prison for selling some weed.
All those who did this at JJ honestly deserves a life sentence at a minimum given abestos exposure leads to mesothelioma.
This is some diabolical stuff - something out of a movie, akin to for example contaminating the water supply in Batman.
So evil.
- r_singh 8y agoBig corps who can do anything to capture market share and have some sort leverage over the Government cannot be trusted. I guess people just forget about all ethics when huge debt / investment / incentive is involved. Leverage over media and governments along with an army of lawyers and bean counters just makes this whole thing possible. Meanwhile globalisation has arguably made it more difficult for SMEs to market / sell products in industries within which big corps have huge interests.
- rasengan 8y agoAny government that is susceptible to leverage outside of the POWER OF THE PEOPLE needs to go to jail/be impeached if they succumb to said leverage. Their only duty, their only fiduciary, their only constituent is WE THE PEOPLE as a collective. It is not Johnson and Johnson. That said, we live in an odd time. Supposedly we don’t negotiate with terrorists and let hostages die, but we are sending millions of weapons to a country who is known and proven to fund terror and extrajudicial assassinations.
- Swizec 8y ago> Their only duty, their only fiduciary, their only constituent is WE THE PEOPLE as a collective But their re-election hinges on campaign funds and big companies contribute way more than we the people.
- fma 8y agoThis is a big reason why I'm for regulation when it comes to health, and environment. Somehow conservative Americans are believed that the 'invisible hand of the market' will solve all problems. But companies will always be in it to make money if they feel they can get away with cutting corners. Would we rather err on cutting a few percent here and there from company profits due to overhead and inefficiency of regulation? Or err on harming people and the planet?
- armitron 8y agoWe saw how the 'invisible hand of the market' played out in the housing collapse of 2008. Even the clown known as Alan Greenspan admitted that his ideology was shaken.
- paulpauper 8y agoIt's not like one person is to blame who maliciously put asbestos with the intent to hurt people. Rather is was just ignorance about the dangers, general incompetence, and possibly some greed. No one person to blame.
- rasengan 8y agoI disagree. During this time period was when case hunters were pretty serious about asbestos. You could not watch tv for a second without seeing an “asbestos exposure? We can help!” commercial. Meanwhile, google ads HIGHEST keywords throughout this period was relating to asbestos and mesothelioma exposure. It was a big thing and well known. Lastly, a company like JJ not only has a responsibility and cannot feign ignorance, but also in their own words have lots of scientists and PHDS. So since they cannot feign ignorance, you can blame them. Anyone who chooses their own well being over millions of BABIES needs to suffer great consequences.
- sacheendra 8y agoYou can blame ppl for being greedy. The executives for employing ignorant ppl. Lots of blame to go around.