Yes, of course, supporting people or businesses doing bad things is bad. But the comment I was replying to seemed to imply that in fact, the company doing the b

Yes, of course, supporting people or businesses doing bad things is bad. But the comment I was replying to seemed to imply that in fact, the company doing the bad thing was -not- to blame and those buying from them are. In addition, your scenario requires that consumers have full information. I can tell that a product is made in China by the label. I can't tell if they are dumping noxious chemicals into the river behind their facility. The company on the other hand, knows.