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Show me one company that places its profits/shareholder below the best interest of people. We just restart the cycle starting new.
by anaganisk 5y ago
Show me one company that places its profits/shareholder below the best interest of people.
We just restart the cycle starting new.
- travoc 5y agoEven cigarette companies eventually stopped targeting children for harmful products. Social media will get there some day, with enough legislation.
- smt88 5y agoCigarette companies didn't change their morals. The laws changed. In fact, they bought into the vape industry (at a time it could be marketed in a way that appeals to kids) after research showed that vaping was a gateway to cigarettes.
- anaganisk 5y agoExactly, it’s the legislation, not the companies that being change. Even FB can be hammered if the legislation had balls.
- nradov 5y agoWhat sort of legislation?
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Even cigarette companies eventually stopped targeting children for harmful products. No, they didn't, really. They just have made it less overt when direct, and do the rest of it through the non-cigarette tobacco product firms they invest in. The whack-a-mole on that industry and its marketing of nicotine addiction to children is ongoing.
- belval 5y agoNot commenting on the whole FB thing, but your comparison is very very poor. Altria (one of the largest tobacco product seller) is the owner of the Juul company. They literally were told to stop marketing to children and then turned the ship around to push cotton candy-tasting nicotine to minors.
- blondin 5y agoso you are saying they are still marketing e-cigarette to children?
- frankosaurus 5y agoVape shops certainly do. This place down the road from Netflix HQ has kid-friendly posters of baby Groot, Spiderman, etc. in its windows. https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2803855,-121.9498283,3a,37.5y,297.73h,90.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sTEX-SIP133n4ByGaUwWOcg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DTEX-SIP133n4ByGaUwWOcg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D13.750483%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@37.2803855,-121.9498283,3a,37.5...
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoPatagonia and Clif Bar sacrifice profits for principles.
- changoplatanero 5y agoOr is that just part of their marketing?
- smt88 5y agoAs a consumer, I don't care if it's part of their marketing or not. I just care that they do it. I have a friend who works at Patagonia, and it sounds like the employees at least are "true believers" in the causes they promote.
- a4isms 5y agoPatagonia was founded by Yvon Chouinard, one of the original Yosemite “Masters of Stone.” Nobody is above reproach, but he is generally regarded as a principled environmentalist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvon_Chouinard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvon_Chouinard
- nabaraz 5y agoCostco is my go to example. It seems to treat its employees really well.
- travoc 5y agoHow do you think Costco gets a fresh banana from South America to your local store for 20 cents?
- notdonspaulding 5y agoBy taking a cut of the sale price of the banana as margin to cover it's costs and profits, and then passing the rest down the supply chain to Some Banana Company? Flipping your question around, why does the banana cost 20 cents and not 5 cents? Where do you think the upward pressure on the price comes from?
- yibg 5y agoFacebook treats its employees pretty well too. Not sure if that really means anything in this discussion.