Un-ethical companies and their future 11

[ST111]

So I'm sure we are all aware of big projects and issues that have risen over the years, highlighting certain companies as unethical.
Classic examples such as Bechtel, Shell, Exxon-Mobil (just off the top off my head, not aiming at O&G companies specifically), however they all consistently state their ethical groundings as world class etc.

Is this going to change? Have these companies learned from their mistakes and genuinely working towards ethical work?

Also is it ethical or un-ethical to work for one of these companies? I would be interested in peoples opinions.

 

[1gibson]

There are ethics, laws, and culture.
It's illegal to exceed the speed limit.
The act of knowingly breaking the law is unethical.
Culturally in the US, going 5mph over the limit is more like a minimum speed on the highway.

So does anyone really consider going 5 over unethical? Wouldn't it be worse to never exceed the speed limit and clog up the roads?

 

[rb1957]

a nice philosophical discussion on right and wrong.

recognise that unethical behaviour has a very strong profit benefit, either individually or corporately, in the short term.

and when one of these "rats" is discovered, sure one rat becomes extinct, but another fills the void.

another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?

 

[IRstuff]

"Is APPLE in that gray area? Is customer privacy, more important than the demands of law enforcement?"

The issue is the slippery slope and the substantial probability that the means for breaking the security will be abused, by either the government or other bad actors. We have been repeatedly shown that the "government" in the guise of its intelligence and other agencies can and will abuse any power they possess in the pursuit of their objectives. The instant Apple creates the means by which to crack the security, you can bet your bottom dollar that the FBI or some other agency will immediately duplicate all relevant design information and go on to create multiple copies of the hardware and software, particularly since there was nothing in the ruling that prevents the government from doing so. So, if Apple knuckles under, the government will have the means to break your phone security. While this initial capability requires physical possession of the phone, does anyone doubt that the NSA or CIA will immediately work on being able to do that remotely?

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