Oh, Everything is Okay Now.....

[TaraJo]

Senseless? No. Not even evil I suspect. Simply amoral.

Exactly. Calling a big company evil is about as accurate as calling a hurricane or earthquake evil. Not really evil as much as amoral and a force of nature. Part of the problem with this force of nature is that we should be able to predict their disasters (like we can with many other forces of nature) but we don't.

See, every single person in that company, from the executives to the lowly janitors, they all have one important thing in common: they are all contractually obligated to do whateve they can to make money for the company. So, if something like ethics turns into a concern, they have to ignore that concern because they're contractually obligated to do whatever will make money.... even unethical things.

Sure, they'll do ethical things, as long as those things will get money for them. Usually, it's a piece of good PR, which can go a long way.

So, when it comes to defense contractors, their executives are obligated to do what they can to earn more money for the company.... even if what they have to do is lobby congress to start unnecessary wars. The lobbiests are just lobbiests who have a contract that tells them what to lobby for and how to do it and who to lobby to.

Sure, there are plenty of good individuals within the company who do good things, but they do that with their time and their money. Individuals are often vastly differnt from groups and organizations and this is a perfect example.