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I never understand how people in large companies would be motivated do anything immoral or against the law. If you are an individual entrepreneur and stand to g
by captainmuon 4y ago
I never understand how people in large companies would be motivated do anything immoral or against the law. If you are an individual entrepreneur and stand to gain something from it, sure. But if you are just a cog in the machine, you just work strictly to contract and regulation, and don't go out of your way to do something illegal just to help the company. That would not just be against my self interest, but in fact against my whole professional ethos.
It is really surprizing that stakeholders manage to create that kind of pressure in corporations. Maybe what is needed are much stonger labour laws, so that if you actually stand up to your boss, they cannot just fire you the next day.
- tomp 4y agoIn large companies it's much easier. As an individual entrepreneur, you're the sole decision maker and responsible for everything. In a large company, you can always blame someone else, your boss, your employee, the HR guidelines, the unclear safety guidelines, the shareholders, boss implied you should ignore the law, ... there's often conflicting formal (e.g. "compliance training") and informal (e.g. promotion/commission) incentives as well.
- fuzzfactor 4y agoIf you are just a cog in the machine, it's more likely that you need to protect the status quo in order to insure your own daily employment. Since you would be subject to much more distress upon loss of your job than those higher up the food chain.