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We live in an unethical economy. Do you expect everyone to be able to live off founding an ethical startup?
by mathw 6y ago
We live in an unethical economy. Do you expect everyone to be able to live off founding an ethical startup?
- type0 6y agoEconomy itself isn't unethical, the corruption is. Unethical business practices and unethical corporate cultures is what allows our societies to rotten from inside. Tax evasions for the biggest conglomerates of the World, media cheering and rooting for anti-competitive behaviors and we don't even have to mention the shady political ties that make all other abuses possible.
- m-p-3 6y agoThis, and if all the devs shun a particular company as large as Facebook, it will just increase the salary offer until someone take it. There's always a price for someone to bend their ethics.
- account42 6y ago> There's always a price for someone to bend their ethics. That doesn't make it any more OK for you (ie, any specific developer) to bend your ethics. Also, increasing the cost for unethical practices will at least discourage some corporations from engaging in them.