Re:Legacy of Agent Orange
by TeMPOraL on Saturday April 25, 2015 @07:26AM
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It's a view I used to hold, but now I'm not that sure of it. First, a company today is not run by the same people as it was 40 or 80 years ago. So the question is, how much of that immoral past is in the "company DNA", and how much of it was just the old management? Secondly, shutting down such company would work if and only if you went and jailed people responsible for atrocities. Otherwise, they'll just join other companies or start new ones and continue to do evil. And since what you really need is bad people in jail, you may as well just leave their company be.
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Re:Legacy of Agent Orange
by briantakita on Monday April 27, 2015 @03:35PM
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The ecosystem of the company is what creates the immoral behavior. It's the combination of the management, shareholder expectations, etc.
If the shareholders are lax in demanding moral behavior, then immoral behavior will result. The company should absolutely be shut down.
> Otherwise, they'll just join other companies or start new ones and continue to do evil
Actually, nobody will want to hire them. After all, nobody wants to lose their money in a company that was shut down.