stepnw1f
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Mon Jun-27-05 07:17 PM
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Can the Corporate Mentality be... |
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...compatible with morality?
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Eric J in MN
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Mon Jun-27-05 07:18 PM
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1. A corproration is legallly obligated to make decisions based |
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Mon Jun-27-05 07:21 PM
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3. Which Means Yes or No? |
Eric J in MN
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Mon Jun-27-05 07:31 PM
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6. That means NO. Corporations are for profit. |
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A private company may have a moral or social purpose.
"Air America Radio" is a private company with a social purpose.
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Mon Jun-27-05 07:24 PM
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4. That's true. Primary job of a CEO is resposiblity to the stockholders. |
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That however doesn't prevent them from operating as responsible corporate citizens either.
I know Gates is a Pub, but he and his copany does a whole lot for charity too!
I think the people you are talking about are WM, and companies like them who aren't as much interested in taking care of people as they are linking their own pockets.
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Mon Jun-27-05 07:32 PM
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7. corporations have to justify their charity spending as |
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indirectly helping profits.
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Mon Jun-27-05 07:37 PM
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Mon Jun-27-05 07:19 PM
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2. no, corporations are soulless |
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Mon Jun-27-05 07:24 PM
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5. We're talking business here, son, what's morality got to do with it. . . |
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(or mentality for that matter)?
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Mon Jun-27-05 07:39 PM
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...I can't answer for you.
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Mon Jun-27-05 07:33 PM
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depending on the corporate culture itself. How it treats its employees, its customers, and the kinds of things it does to give back to the community it serves.
These things aren't always apparent to the 'bottom line' but, in the long run, I think being a responsible, concerned corporate "citizen" is to their advantage.
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Mon Jun-27-05 07:34 PM
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9. Could be, depending on the collective morality of those that run a |
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corporation. Seems that there's been precious little of that in the past few decades.
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