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> Are closeted views better than public ones or vice-versa? Morality vs Capitalism. In Africa, it's beneficial for the corporation to hold closeted progressive
by Supermancho 3y ago
> Are closeted views better than public ones or vice-versa?
Morality vs Capitalism. In Africa, it's beneficial for the corporation to hold closeted progressive views (and secret relationships) because of the business, legal, and cultural norms that currently exist.
How to achieve progressive goals, within this reality? That's not directly relevant, but it's safe to say that the plan is to trade the struggle of personal loss vs existing culture, that moves the normative view forward, slowly. Is a corporation interested in that? No. Corporations will behave in their best interest, until there is rationale for dispensing with the short term benefits.
> What should the employer do about it?
A corporation will betray and punish individuals for personal behavior (generally if the details will be or have been made public), if it fits their economic goals. What should they do? That's a bigger question around the benefits that the industry provides. The more liberal the industry's purpose (like prophylactics or planned parenthood), the less likely the company is to open workers to persecution, so the answer is almost always "stop being assholes to your workers". eg NIKE, Apple, Disney - who is also an asshole corporation, although their industry is not as liberal in purpose, as their marketing department pretends.
> What should the public do about it (e.g. boycotts / campaigns? ignore it?)
Boycotts, campaigns, hit pieces, etc. Standard fare for attacking a capitalist corporation, where they will undoubtedly have to buy/suppress media in addition to the grassroots efforts.
I wouldn't do business in Africa if I had to deal with this stuff, because I'm never going to be more than a small time player in industry X, so that's what I think. If I were a C level asked to go manage a factory, I would probably look for another job and take a salary hit, because I can't be part to that kind of suffering.