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An ethically aligned company goes to reasonable lengths to allow employees to become shareholders.
by soulofmischief 2y ago
An ethically aligned company goes to reasonable lengths to allow employees to become shareholders.
- kelnos 2y agoNever at a level that would influence company direction, though, even if all the employees banded together. Which just sounds like a union, anyway. So why not just unionize instead...
- intended 2y agoThis implies that employee and owner goals can’t ever align.
- com 2y agoIt sounds just like a co-op or an employee-owned business. Now, I love me a good union - and there’s something to be said about a healthy tension between management and labour in terms of keeping management a bit more honest, just like management and capital - but in smaller orgs, a co-op will probably do the job.
- whamlastxmas 2y agoEthically they’d return all profits to all employees regardless of ownership instead of leaching off the value of their labor
- Nasrudith 2y agoThat isn't ethical, that is a magical fairy realm where everyone else has 0% profit margins and you get 100% of the profit.
- whamlastxmas 2y agoIt’s only a fairy realm because the capitalists have won. There is no reason the world couldn’t work like this beyond human nature being what it is