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> taking note of a crisis is a first step to acting. Yes, in the same way overcoming denial is the first step in personal recovery. The trouble is, like a depr
by indigochill 5y ago
> taking note of a crisis is a first step to acting.
Yes, in the same way overcoming denial is the first step in personal recovery. The trouble is, like a depressed alcoholic who doesn't care that drink's ruining their life, it's not that those running the company are in denial about the way they're abusing their employees. It's that they know it and don't care.
What's the path from here to them caring, though? One thing that might help is if their clients stopped doing business with them, but do their clients care?
- lotsofpulp 5y agoThe shipping company’s clients will stop doing business with them if the shipping company cared, by switching to their competitors who do not care and will sell to them at lower prices. The only solutions are political, with some combination of giving those people being subject to abuse better options so that the abusers are not able to abuse, and by making said abuses illegal.
- indigochill 5y agoSuppose Denmark/the EU passes laws that require Maersk to operate ethically. Maersk and all other Danish shipping companies now need to charge their customers more, so won't what you said in the first line just happen at the international level, with clients switching to, say, a Chinese shipping company?
- lotsofpulp 5y agoPossibly, but Denmark/EU could also require proof of meeting certain labor standards in order for ships to dock. Many times, the political problem is getting global adherence. See pollution and emissions.