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kleinbl00 · 3053 days ago · link · · parent · post: OxyContin goes global — “We’re only just getting started”
...you'd point out that you could kill another three million people and still be in the black.
ButterflyEffect · 3052 days ago · link ·
So, the question is should we expect companies to be ethical and moral or should regulations force them to do so? Because clearly neither are happening in this case.
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Have you seen The Corporation? They make the point that a company must necessarily be a sociopathic apex predator in order to maximize shareholder value and only through adjusting its ecosystem to internalize the externalities will we ever be more than chum in a bucket.