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A Promise to Be Ethical in an Era of Immorality
- pg 17y agoI don't think it's an era of immorality. Some lobbyists managed to convince congress to remove some regulations that turned out to be important. But people aren't significantly different from the way they were in the 80s or 90s.
- marcusbooster 17y agoReminds me of those little contracts they give high school kids promising not to drink or have sex. You can't fight nature, I don't care what that little laminated card in their wallet says.
- seattlegeek 17y agoIt's better than doing nothing. Even if it's only 5% effective, it may still be worth it.
- mhartl 17y agohow to view business as more than a money-making enterprise, but part of a large social community False dichotomies, how I loathe thee.
- lanaer 17y agoWere they presenting one? They seem to only be saying that it is not only a money-making enterprise. Not that it can’t or shouldn’t be one.
- carbon8 17y agoIndeed, but considering the social impact of business has traditionally required additional overhead. It even prevents entire business models and even sectors (eg, the debt industry) without a series of mental leaps to justify it as socially responsible. Fortunately, the perspective is shifting toward frameworks where social responsibility can be a part of company culture in a way that actually helps operations, like cost savings due to waste reduction.
- donaq 17y agoThe louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Somehow, this quote leaps to mind after reading that article. In a field where the primary means of keeping score is how much money you have, it seems to me quite impossible for there to be success without avarice.