Re:Uber’s Secret Tool for Keeping the Cops in the Dark
by danharaj on Thursday January 11, 2018 @10:18AM
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If only programmers could form some sort of collective to advocate for their common interests and hold their bosses accountable to ensure our profession is kept to a high ethical standard while protecting programmers from backlash when they refuse to break the law for their employers.
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Re:Uber’s Secret Tool for Keeping the Cops in the Dark
by throwanem on Thursday January 11, 2018 @10:21AM
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Yes, when I contemplate the paragon of ethics, the image which invariably comes first to mind is that of a trade union.
Re:Uber’s Secret Tool for Keeping the Cops in the Dark
by frgtpsswrdlame on Thursday January 11, 2018 @10:28AM
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Who's talking about a paragon of ethics? Trade unions don't exist because they are supremely ethical. They don't even exist because they are more ethical than corporations (they're probably not.)
They exist because a corporation is inherently coordinated in a way that gives them power over workers. Unions just allow workers to adopt that same inherent coordination to seize power back. Unions aren't a moral force, they're just a counter-balance.