Saltah'na
Chinese Canadian, or 75% Commie Bastard.
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I like that one Wraith.
In fact, you could do a comparison. I know of one company who was struggling pretty bad and the CEO decided to give up his yearly salary to acknowledge that fact. And of course, there are many more in which other CEOs take home rich pay while other lower employees are laid off.....
I think there was extensive coverage of the CEO who gave up his salary, don't know which company or who the guy is.
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Yeah, there was a company (I think it was GlaxoSmithKline) whose shareholders revolted and voted down giving a huge bonus to the CEO when profits had been falling.
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Saltah'na
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Not that one. This CEO voluntarily gave up his salary, bonus and all. His hand wasn't forced.
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*raises hand* Just out of curiousity, is the purpose of this thread just to help Shik help the said cute girl and score points?
*gets shot*
Here's another ethical ones: companies selling their clean-air credits to other companies that generate more pollution. Exploiting loopholes in environmental laws, or just another business deal?
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Saltah'na
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Shh!!!!
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A registered sex offender scoring points with ze ladies? Nah, couldn't be. 8)
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I hate to be pedantic, but most of the things mentioned in this thread aren't "ethical dilemmas" at all.
An ethical dilemma would be something along the lines of "If we do something unethical, something good will come of it, but if we don't do it, and stay ethical, something bad will happen".
Merely discussing examples of companies that have been unethical (Halliburton, Enron etc.) doesn't really answer the question.
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Saltah'na
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quote:Originally posted by Phoenix: I hate to be pedantic, but most of the things mentioned in this thread aren't "ethical dilemmas" at all.
An ethical dilemma would be something along the lines of "If we do something unethical, something good will come of it, but if we don't do it, and stay ethical, something bad will happen".
Merely discussing examples of companies that have been unethical (Halliburton, Enron etc.) doesn't really answer the question.
It depends on who you are. For Halliburton and Enron, they may want to do unethical things and the good that comes out of it is money for the CEOs and shareholders. If they stay ethical, then they risk being run roughshod by the competition.
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