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Down-voted because it's irrelevant to the point he's trying to make. Arguing ethics isn't really that interesting. Discussing success, cash advances, etc etc is
by axod 17y ago
Down-voted because it's irrelevant to the point he's trying to make. Arguing ethics isn't really that interesting. Discussing success, cash advances, etc etc is far more interesting.
- edw519 17y agoSuccess = (Factor1 + Factor2 + Factor3 + ...) * Ethics Ethics is a binary 1 or 0. Maybe not that interesting, but hardly irrelevant. (Don't believe me? Let your customers find out about you lieing, cheating, or stealing. Then see what happens to your revenue stream.)
- alex_c 17y ago(Don't believe me? Let your customers find out about you lieing, cheating, or stealing. Then see what happens to your revenue stream.) That really just convinces me of the equation Success = (Factor1 + Factor2 + Factor3 + ...) * Appearance of Ethics Which still doesn't explain Microsoft, oil companies, tobacco companies, etc.
- axod 17y ago>> Let your customers find out about you lieing, cheating, or stealing. Then see what happens to your revenue stream. Your formula for success isn't true in the least. Whole companies have been built on lies and cheating since the world began. Bell for example, built a whole company after stealing someone elses patent to the telephone. I'm afraid most customers don't particularly care that much about ethics. At least not to the point that you seem to.
- jmtulloss 17y agoEthics is certainly not a 1 or 0, otherwise humanity wouldn't struggle with the subject so often. Suggesting that they are a 1 or a 0 indicates to me that you are in no way qualified to judge ethical behavior.