> Vivec wrote: > I am not of the mind to be able to comfortably make 100% > profit and instead squeeze my staff,my clients and others in order to > acheive 200%. > > I believe in Ethics, which transcends religious boundaries.
This is a problem of capitalism, or really, the psychology that can result from capitalism. It's about one of the only places I agree with a few of the original ideas to come from the current administration: Charity should be encouraged, rewarded, but private. This problem comes about because a requirement of capitalism is competition and that means that, in business, you view people through the lens of, "how can I use you? How can you hurt my business?" etc. This wasn't such a problem in the 50s, for example, for 3 core reasons IMO: 1.) Strong chruch/community ties. 2.) Serving in the government was prestigious and highly valued. 3.) The industrial revolution provided ample, well paying, life long jobs for high school grads. The technology revolution has changed all of that due to communications. The business environment can change hourly and each person has to be "plugged in" if they want to compete. For some this is easy, but for others they tune out. They're not on the Internet, the don't read newspapers, they don't watch TV news. This makes it hard for them to see trends and make changes. The bottom line is that each person, nowadays, has to run themselves like a business no matter who they work for and there's segment of the population of an age and education that just don't know how to do that. (Maybe between 40 and 65). Back to the point, to live in a fast paced capitalism space means ongoing competition which can mean a disconnection from relationships based on love, trust, and emotion. This is what's sparked the "new puritanism" in America and the "spiritual crisis". As a country, the US is moving towards globalization, competing with more market forces than ever, but we haven't quite figured out how to adjust our personal relationships. Vivec's mistake is in thinking that he has to be unethical to get 200% out of his team. If he has a good team, and they all want to succeed, they'll deliver 200% on their own. So it's not capitalism that creates or invites an ethical lapse - it's just that some unethical people are capitalists. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204359 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
