their only ethicist left? gasp!

now they are exactly like every other company that has zero ethicists on staff and expect the employees to weigh the ethical ramifications of their work.

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podgietaru 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What companies do you think expect their employees to weigh the ethical ramifications of their work?

I’d argue a lot of them expect the opposite. To suppress the ethical concerns.

Even in recent memories you had Mark Zuckerberg telling his employees to use pirated sources. And executives at fossil fuel companies have to act unethically.

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asadotzler 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Food testing? Hospitals? Childcare? Pharmacists? How about "clergy"? I could go on and on.

Do you believe that no one in management in these fields pushes the importance of ethics?

	▲	podgietaru 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think that individuals are capable of making ethical choices. I think that relying on individuals within for-profit businesses to make ethical decisions for the entire company is absolutely insane. Food-testing: There's literally a parasite going around right now. Look at the response from some of the for profit businesses that was allowed to happen. Hospitals: It is not ethical to deny patients care based on their insurance. Clergy: The cover up of child sexual abuse scandals. Childcare: lots of examples of sub-par care given to save money.

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jdiff 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think we can look upon the collective works of the corporations of the world and agree that the employees do not do that, nor are they expected to.