09-07-2006, 07:42 PM
Again I see what the resolution is trying to accomplish. However, saying that you are granting freedom to a general populace means that many will give up that freedom in exchange for a paycheck. Most individual employees would rather make money under the terms of employment given to them rather than try to dictate those terms.
Ceo, I also see your point and in a utopian world empowering employees would be a great accomplishment. (For the sake of arguement let's forget that this world is however we can imagine it since I operate my country under many of the basic truisms that have developed over the past 5,000 years or so in RL) Many large corporations are, in fact, VERY scary. I've seen this first hand. Also unions do not have the power they once did so placing importance on the ability or possibility of individuals to band together is tenuous.
I suppose I should simplify this by saying that the only goal of a for profit business is to make money. Every other goal is secondary or worse, non-existant. The trend in erroding ethics and enforcing unfair business practices on employees (and vendor companies) is alarming. This resolution, while maybe not intending to do so, does leave a fairly wide and opbvious opneing for companies to do what they will do when given the chance; make as much money as they can in every way they can.
Editorially I should say that I'm not against making a profit or companies pursuing additional profit. I just think it has gotten to a destructive point and a resolution like this would perpetuate giving that choice to companies. In other words, a scorpion has a right to exist, to reproduce, to kill in its pursuit of food. It is not evil in it's nature. But who among you would walk around with one on your shoulder and not expect it to eventually sting you?!
Ceo, I also see your point and in a utopian world empowering employees would be a great accomplishment. (For the sake of arguement let's forget that this world is however we can imagine it since I operate my country under many of the basic truisms that have developed over the past 5,000 years or so in RL) Many large corporations are, in fact, VERY scary. I've seen this first hand. Also unions do not have the power they once did so placing importance on the ability or possibility of individuals to band together is tenuous.
I suppose I should simplify this by saying that the only goal of a for profit business is to make money. Every other goal is secondary or worse, non-existant. The trend in erroding ethics and enforcing unfair business practices on employees (and vendor companies) is alarming. This resolution, while maybe not intending to do so, does leave a fairly wide and opbvious opneing for companies to do what they will do when given the chance; make as much money as they can in every way they can.
Editorially I should say that I'm not against making a profit or companies pursuing additional profit. I just think it has gotten to a destructive point and a resolution like this would perpetuate giving that choice to companies. In other words, a scorpion has a right to exist, to reproduce, to kill in its pursuit of food. It is not evil in it's nature. But who among you would walk around with one on your shoulder and not expect it to eventually sting you?!