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A company is a legal thing that is owned by shareholders. Like if I own a car, I want it to take me from A->B as expediently as possible. I don't want my car to
by abh123 4y ago
A company is a legal thing that is owned by shareholders. Like if I own a car, I want it to take me from A->B as expediently as possible. I don't want my car to have a social mission. I'm not sure why a company should be different. Now I do think that the disbursed profits to shareholders from the company should be used to fund many social missions, via charities and non-profits and the like.
- SamoyedFurFluff 4y agoIf you own a car you don’t just want it to take you from A->B expediently. You should also want to do it presumably safely, without killing people, following laws, in a way that also keeps the car maintainable. If you want cars to slow down in school crossing zones that’s a social mission.
- foogazi 4y ago> If you want cars to slow down in school crossing zones that’s a social mission. That’s risk avoidance - social mission would be driving around town giving free rides to people
- SamoyedFurFluff 4y agoIsn’t risk avoidance social in nature when it’s dealing with people?
- abh123 4y agoBreaking the law is not expedient in the larger sense. What I meant is let's not hobble the car by for example like the sibling poster says giving away free rides or having to drop off free meals. These can be better achieved by Charities or Soup Kitchens.
- jeffreyq 4y agoI'm inclined towards your argument, but to play devil's advocate, I'd say you are making a false equivalence between a car and a company. A car is exclusively a tool, and a company is a tool from some perspectives, but involves humans. Hence why ethics are involved and there is no clear answer. If instead you replaced car with horses, or worse yet, with human powered transportation would your answer be any different.