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Business won't be ethical until it shares society's values again
“Have we got the picture now? In banking it seems it's entirely fine to twist an entire system to secure a commercial advantage, turn a blind eye to moving large amounts of dubious money without question, and, in your spare time, construct products that are so inherently unstable that they can bring down whole banks and economies. Damn the rest of us.
Oh yes, and, as if Barclays' and HSBC's antics are not enough, we find a large company like G4S can fail to fulfil a major commitment at a time of intense national pride and yet still collect their management fee from the taxpayer. Are we being mugs here? How much more can we take? Or have we become inured and accepting of corporate arrogance? Asks David Jackman, writing in Independent on Sunday (22.7.12)
I fully agree with Jackman’s remarks when he says:
“The solution lies in a number of steps that explicitly focus on building a corporate maturity and bridging a connection between corporate aims and broader social objectives.” Or “In the same way, the deferring to the mantra "the market will decide" is a similar cop-out. The market of itself is capable of deciding nothing.”
And now please see what I had written years ago, well before the emergence of the financial meltdown of September 2008:- Private Vs Public Healthcare, Profits and the Common Good
- The Crimes of Outsourcing, Workers Exploitation, Huge Profits, Bonuses and the Hell with the Masses!
- Britain Today: People’s democracy? Oh no! It’s all for the barons
- The shaming of privatisation and deregulation, the so-called neo-liberalism
- Neo-liberalism, privatisation, de-regulation, profit maximisation, cost minimisation and the Security of London Olympics
- Harrowing picture of post-capitalist America: The 'sacrifice zones'
- Britain engulfed in corruption: Wandering through the Wasteland, Time to Return to the Promised Land