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Re:IRS builds task force to explore running its own free e-f... by 7sidedmarble on Sunday February 12, 2023 @02:53PM (#34766219)
What exactly is the difference between it being in their general interests to maximize profit besides where that interest conflicts with the law, and it being their legal duty to do so instead? Does it not result in the same thing? Companies break the law all the time in the interest of the profit motive.
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Re:IRS builds task force to explore running its own free e-f... by civilized on Sunday February 12, 2023 @03:00PM (#34766295)
It matters because there is one less rationalization for why we have to tolerate corporate leaders engaging in evil. It is their free choice, not a legal obligation, and that should affect how we think about them as moral agents in society.

Maybe it also helps them realize that they have a choice too, that they are not "just following orders" from the legal system.

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