tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post2857715647371662352..comments2023-09-16T12:49:54.607+01:00Comments on The Sell! Sell! Blog: Should Business Have A Conscience?Sell! Sell!http://www.blogger.com/profile/10702354938890218799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-15717147671572854722014-08-12T14:50:45.283+01:002014-08-12T14:50:45.283+01:00At least if a business is out to make profit with ...At least if a business is out to make profit with no conscience then I know I'm being lied to.<br />With a conscience, who knows? <br />They never will, so it's academic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-87703908340691178342014-08-12T14:16:58.808+01:002014-08-12T14:16:58.808+01:00I"m with you on this SS. Why should corporati...I"m with you on this SS. Why should corporations get away with behaviour that would be unacceptable for individuals?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-70078749502960463152014-08-11T16:11:59.737+01:002014-08-11T16:11:59.737+01:00I don't think they should have one or the othe...I don't think they should have one or the other. It's more a case of one corporation having a conscience, while another one might not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4169807398234019196.post-45001828465011206832014-08-11T16:02:47.986+01:002014-08-11T16:02:47.986+01:00Optimism, in general, is hippy nonsense. Here'...Optimism, in general, is hippy nonsense. Here's my take (which has worth equal to but not greater than an opinion):<br /><br />The tax structure was created by politicians, most of whom are lobbied for by shells that are created by corporations. Those loopholes? Self-installed. Unless and until we simplify the tax code – flat corporate tax, flat personal tax, done – there will always be these kinds of loopholes. A company's conscience is its stockholders. It is not a person, contrary to legal definition in the US – and is has no soul, no morals, and no goals other than the manufacture of profit.<br /><br />Expecting a corporation to have a conscience would require a lack of stockholders, an ownership with a socially just approach, and fewer politicians in general. <br /><br />I agree that everyone should pay their fair share (and I do mean everyone). I won't go into what I believe that fair share is, and I certainly think that the problem with most corporations is politics (and vice versa).Cecil B. DeMillehttp://www.no.nonoreply@blogger.com