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Assigning noble motives to Microsoft's actions is ignoring the actual motives of a business. How do those same people explain why Microsoft has given the US gov
by jkestner 12y ago
Assigning noble motives to Microsoft's actions is ignoring the actual motives of a business. How do those same people explain why Microsoft has given the US government user information on other occasions? It's just a calculation of what's the best thing to do for the well-being of the business. Just as banks happily take a "record fine" for breaking the law because it's a small expense to making a lot of money.
We get in so much trouble trying to understand companies as if they're individual humans. Evolutionary biology for corporations needs to be taught.
- mercurial 12y agoI absolutely agree. On the other hand, the fact that ethics rarely seem to play any role in decision-making at large-scale organization is pretty telling about the sort of people who rise up to the top :(