We can and should no longer accept “it’s just good business” as justification for morally reprehensible actions.
It would be pretty funny for a court to actually determine that a “just business” is synonymous with “doing evil”
/r/selfawarewolves
Can’t fool me, they gave it away when they removed “Don’t be evil” from their motto back in 2015.
No they didn’t. Please stop spreading this false rumour.
https://abc.xyz/investor/google-code-of-conduct/
And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up!
A publicly traded company is legally obligated to be evil.
Are you perhaps referring to the myth that the law requires companies to maximize shareholder profits above all else?
Ok I was ready to disparage your link since the domain ends in .ai, but actually that was a decent read and a pretty good argument. I’m glad to have better knowledge of the actual court rulings.
I didn’t even look at the URL, to be honest; it was the most layman-friendly and succinct article that was from the last few years that popped up in a quick search, but there’s plenty of similar articles from other sources if anyone doubts this one.
Slavery was just business at some point, what kind of justification is this?!
But it wasn’t just business. It was also slavery.
An endeavor that’s just business requires all the people involved to be doing business.
So companies are people when it’s convenient for them to be so, and ‘just a business’ when it isn’t.
You’re not evil, you’re just a cunt 🤷
