The ethicality/morality of a potential supplier is a legitimate consideration for many organisations, and in some cases is written into the organisation's policies.

For example, WWF procurement[1]:

> "We monitor and select goods and services carefully to avoid those that are harmful or damaging to both the user and the environment."

> "we require suppliers to complete an environmental and ethical questionnaire"

Whether you agree with the behaviour, disagree, or even don't care, it's a legitimate question to raise when talking about alternative suppliers.

[1] http://www.wwf.org.uk/about_wwf/other_publications/environme...

I'm absolutely for more ethical companies (though clearly there is a long road ahead), it's the specific example of Adria Richards, which often generates an endless series of venomous posts, that I object to.

Not to mention the way the case is summarized by parent is, let's say, highly debatable.

Yeah, we shouldn't mention bad company behavior on a thread about... bad company behavior.

You knew it was coming.