It would be pretty funny for a court to actually determine that a “just business” is synonymous with “doing evil”
this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2023
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Can’t fool me, they gave it away when they removed “Don’t be evil” from their motto back in 2015.
Fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again.
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The first time I saw the slogan all I could think is "a normal not-evil person doesn't need to make such a disclaimer".
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These are not mutually exclusive statements.
That venn diagram would make a functional wheel.
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.
There is no law that says they must. But shareholders are justified to fire C suite who don't. And realistically shareholders only care about profits. Therefore they effectively must. Regardless of it not being "law".
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Is profit at any cost morally irresponsible?
No, it's the consumers who are wrong.
We can and should no longer accept "it's just good business" as justification for morally reprehensible actions.
Accepting it is what makes it good business. We stop accepting it, it costs money and then it's no longer good business.
Business is purely profit driven. We need to make morally wrong things costly. Orders of magnitude more costly than doing the right thing.
Blame the ayer AND fix the game.
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Ah, so that's why they changed their slogan from "don't be evil" to "don't not be a business."
"Google - Business with electrolytes"
It's what shareholders crave
Slavery was just business at some point, what kind of justification is this?!
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Capitalism is a curse that instills the most evil traits in all of humanity.
Worse; it rewards them.
No, businesses are people. Corporations have fought to make that a distinction. So therefore it can be evil. Can’t have it both ways.
Good argument for dismantling Google and any other company of similar size.
“Hey man, just doing our job to maximize shareholder value”
"Nothing ~~Personal~~ evil, Kid"
"Just Business"
You can see how one could easily be confused…
No one thinks they're the bad guy. That doesn't change the fact that their actions speak for themselves.
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