I must disagree that corporations are inherently amoral. Corporations are as moral as their leadership. If the leadership thinks only the accumulation of wealth matters the corporation is amoral on all other dimensions. Even large corporations can be ethical if their leadership has ethical values. I worked as a senior executive in …
I must disagree that corporations are inherently amoral. Corporations are as moral as their leadership. If the leadership thinks only the accumulation of wealth matters the corporation is amoral on all other dimensions. Even large corporations can be ethical if their leadership has ethical values. I worked as a senior executive in a highly ethical Fortune 100 technology corporation for over two decades. The founder and CEO was a highly moral man and the motto of the company was "Do the Right Thing". We lived that motto doing the right thing by our customers and by each other. It was an extraordinary place to work at least until the founder left. We knew we were changing the world and we did. The concept and implementation of net neutrality of the Internet was one result, for example. You can also see this in our government with the amoral "leadership" of DT vs. the morals and empathy of our current President. My solution would be a national well-being index NWI where all legislation and actions of the government must show how it enhances the well-being of all. Great Britain is already doing this. See Dr. Martin Seligman's Theory of Well-Being at https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/
I must disagree that corporations are inherently amoral. Corporations are as moral as their leadership. If the leadership thinks only the accumulation of wealth matters the corporation is amoral on all other dimensions. Even large corporations can be ethical if their leadership has ethical values. I worked as a senior executive in a highly ethical Fortune 100 technology corporation for over two decades. The founder and CEO was a highly moral man and the motto of the company was "Do the Right Thing". We lived that motto doing the right thing by our customers and by each other. It was an extraordinary place to work at least until the founder left. We knew we were changing the world and we did. The concept and implementation of net neutrality of the Internet was one result, for example. You can also see this in our government with the amoral "leadership" of DT vs. the morals and empathy of our current President. My solution would be a national well-being index NWI where all legislation and actions of the government must show how it enhances the well-being of all. Great Britain is already doing this. See Dr. Martin Seligman's Theory of Well-Being at https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/
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How wonderful that you had that experience. I stand corrected.