| ▲ | xandrius 4 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
Since you seem so well-informed I would love any example of good-will and strictly not-for-profit activities done directly by a large corporation with shareholders which weren't done have other reasons. Examples of things which don't count: - Supporting an open source competitor to avoid getting hammered by antitrust - Giving money to a foundation (which they may or might not own) for greenwashing - Giving money to a foundation ran by a friend/family member - Doing an activity to try to fix an evil thing they did before and backfired - Doing something good for obvious PR reason (e.g. By being heavily advertised) but then do something even worse in the same area later on I'm genuinely interested in a healthy conversation about this. But I honestly cannot think of anything which either is generally free for the company or that will help them getting (or not losing) more money. Happy to be wrong. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | parineum 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> Giving money to a foundation (which they may or might not own) for greenwashing What evidence would be required for you to believe that a donation to an environmental cause wasn't greenwashing? Your list of exceptions seems fairly obviously aimed at making the task impossible because it's all based on interpretation of motives. You're essentially discounting all actions that have positive societal effects as long as doing so is motivated by money which is counter to the point I was making. Giving money away to charity, by the meme interpretation of fiduciary duty, would be illegal. Instead, companies do it all the time because it makes them look better which might improve their business outlook in the future. That satisfies fiduciary dury despite it being a red line in the accounting books. Wouldn't you like to live in a world where people care enough about doing good things that they'd prefer to patronize companies that do good things? That seems like an incredibly positive effect, regardless of the business' motives. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | quesera 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
There is no act in the world that cannot be interpreted cynically. You are arguing from a prejudiced position. | |||||||||||||||||
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