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Visa + Mastercard is a duopoly. They have been abusing their domination for years. I don't feel sorry for MC.
by rorrr 16y ago
Visa + Mastercard is a duopoly. They have been abusing their domination for years. I don't feel sorry for MC.
- marknutter 16y agoYou do realize that there are actual human beings working for Mastercard who are just like you and I who are getting hurt by this, right? There are real people behind these websites.
- steveklabnik 16y agoFollowing orders is not a valid defense for wrongdoing. If you work for a company, you're complicit in their wrongdoings.
- nkassis 16y agoThat's not true at all. A secretary filling documents should not be held responsible for the way the corporation is run. That's just plain idiocy to claim that employees of a company are to be held responsible for corporate policy. Now if they did something illegal while working, that' another story but I don't think that's what you meant here.
- steveklabnik 16y agoNope, that's exactly what I mean here. Now, we're talking about my own personal set of ethics here, but it's pretty straightforward: * Your role is an employee is to help accomplish a corporation's objectives. * (In this case) the corporation's objectives are unethical. * You're contributing to something unethical. That being said, nobody is perfectly ethical. But if I worked for Amazon or PayPal, I'd have quit by now, and I'd never have taken a job with MasterCard in the first place. I also don't mean "held responsible" in a legal sense, either. They've done nothing wrong legally. Legality != morality, though.
- holdenk 16y agoWhile I understand your premises, I question the idea that an employee is ethically responsible for all of the actions/objectives of there employer.
- steveklabnik 16y ago"responsible" is a bit strong, but that doesn't mean contribution on some level hasn't occurred.
- alanh 16y agoAll of them? Of course not. But they are responsible for those they know about.
- euccastro 16y agoOn what grounds?
- masmullin 16y agomy guess is that you a) don't have a mortgage b) are exceptionally skilled that finding another job is not difficult for you Most people don't have the option of just up and quitting their jobs.
- steveklabnik 16y agoI don't have a mortgage, but I also never will. Even if finding a new job is easy, it's still difficult. I just went through this process, it's still rough... As I said, everyone makes choices. Everyone commits minor works of evil. If doing wrong is worth your mortgage... it's your life.
- Daishiman 16y agoJust because other people don't "have the choice" doesn't mean that those of us who do shouldn't take the opportunity to do what's right.