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Companies in general aren't anyone's friend, in that, ideally, a company is a machine designed to make money within the constraints of law and the ethical rules
by msla 4y ago
Companies in general aren't anyone's friend, in that, ideally, a company is a machine designed to make money within the constraints of law and the ethical rules the leadership decides to follow.
Companies, like nations, have no friends, only interests.
- Simplicitas 4y agoSome have even compared them to psychopaths .. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corporation_(2003_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corporation_(2003_film) .. which seems fair.
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- elil17 4y agoI'm not sure what you mean by ideally there. Do you mean that the platonic company is a money making machine? If so, that's certainly the case. In practice, though, isn't it better if companies have non-monetary goals? Think Newman's Own, B-corps, etc.
- msla 4y agoI mean a company is, inherently, a money-making concern, and the ideal company obeys both the law and a code of ethics more restrictive than the law. Even a company that devotes all profits to charity has to end up in the black or else it ceases to exist and can't be a charity anymore.
- monkeydust 4y agoYea 20 years of work and this holds very true. Some are obviously better than others about how the manage employee interests vs theirs, best align both tightly as possible, owning equity for me is key to this.
- mikojan 4y agoMore precisely: They are totalitarian dictatorships. You receive orders from above and maybe hand them down further.