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Re:Amazon VP Resigns, Calls Company ‘Chickenshit’ for Firing... by mthoms on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:36AM (#23069267)
>Why does everyone assume the actions of the little guy are always morally superior than the actions of the big corporation

Simple. Morality is a human trait and corporations are not human beings.

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Re:Amazon VP Resigns, Calls Company ‘Chickenshit’ for Firing... by gwright on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:42AM (#23069344)
The actions of big corporations are the actions of humans.
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Re:Amazon VP Resigns, Calls Company ‘Chickenshit’ for Firing... by mthoms on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:11PM (#23069762)
Yes. Humans with a fiduciary duty (legal obligation) to put shareholder value above all else.
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