Re:Oracle whistleblower suit raises questions over cloud acc...
by arcticfox on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @11:51AM
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> This is why markets are a bad thing.
... well, that's extreme. The ownership of the company should be working to avoid long term disaster. In most industries this happens all the time.
Actually, some of the main instances they don't (financial industry) is because of government support. If you're allowed to fail and get bailed out, then there's no reason to avoid disaster.
Sadly not. One of the tragedies of capitalism is that it's much easier to run a profitable business by sharking everyone than by being a good citizen.
The optimal ethical position for profit is not the same as the optimal abstract ethical position.
This is why markets are a bad thing. If profit is your only measure of morality, you don't have a working mechanism to protect you - and everyone - from choices that produce short-term gains but long-term disasters.