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Those silly people, believing ethics are more important than pofit...

• Reedx 7y ago
  That just doesn't compute. If they literally were about ethics > profits or maximizing good, they wouldn't be putting their time into a massively for-profit operation. Collecting large checks and internal perks galore. They'd be more attracted to a non-profit.
  • janpot 7y ago
    I believe your argument classifies as a "no true scotsman"[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
  • lghh 7y ago
    Are there no ethical way to make a profit?
    • Reedx 7y ago
      There are. This is certainly not to say that profits are automatically unethical or anything. I just don't buy into the GP’s claim that they're putting ethics over profit.
    • Fnoord 7y ago
      Yes there are. Social enterprises do.
  • taneq 7y ago
    Contributing your (probably unskilled-at-what-you’re-doing ) labour directly at a non-profit is far less effective than working your skilled, high paying job and donating the money.
    • Reedx 7y ago
      Yeah, that's probably true in a lot of cases.
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• josh_fyi 7y ago
  I don't believe that profits are more important than ethics, just that it is impossible to satisfy various opinions on what ethics is, while maximizing profit
  • janpot 7y ago
    That's correct. And I don't believe maximizing your profit should always go before thinking about what you do is ethical.