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This is worldly, so before I start this, don't make this just about the UK's/US's/AUS's corporations - try to think general. Later in this thread I'm going to apply this debate solely around Microsoft's company due to how much I've seen, and since they are a good example (not solely based around conspiracy, but because some folks are blind).
The main question is.. can corporations be subjected to Morality? Can you call one evil, or good?
The main reason I ask this is because in a capitalistic society the whole point is to make money individually and privately. Meaning the government usually has no way to intervene, so you are able to seek individual profit. The only problem is when one (entity or person) owns a majority of a product line, they get some flack and are sometimes subjected to words like Monopoly. (Microsoft). The thing is though, if you own the majority of the product line, you can actually control the market (i.e. Supply and Demand). This is where morality comes into play.
If say, one company sees the competition starting to rise, when they have been the big dogs for a quarter century (AT&T), the company either buys the competition out, or tries to get into litigation against them.
Without competition though, the market is dominated by these corporations. If someone comes out with a new cable for instance with higher bandwidth transmissions at a reasonable price (overhead [materials to make it]), the corporations will try to by this out, in order to up the price without people being aware of how much the overhead cost in the first place.
People will pay it, because they are ignorant and unaware of how cheap the materials were, so in my opinion these corporations can be pretty freakin evil, but then again, is it really? In a capitalistic society anything goes usually, unless of course copyright infringement occurs or something goofy occurs with the accounting/stock options. Though this does not occur as much due to only ONE company on top of all others.
When folks have to worry about patents, copy rights, and other stuff of this nature, it leaves little room for competition in the market place. Now because of it people are making more money by buying out a product and selling it over amazon. As in up-selling a certain item. i.e. - you buy a product on amazon for $15.00 bucks, then turn around and change the description and put a better image out there for the product and sell it on amazon for $30.00. It's called manipulating the market place.
It hurts companies when you do this by the way. When you buy used games for instance, the game companies don't gain a cent. Only buying new games will they gain anything. At least Microsoft cut a deal with gaming companies that whatever DLC they sell, the gaming companies can make a profit.
That's all I got for now, so what is your opinion in a capitalistic society can you really call a corporation evil? Or are they just trying doing exactly as they are supposed to, since there are no laws against it.
The main question is.. can corporations be subjected to Morality? Can you call one evil, or good?
The main reason I ask this is because in a capitalistic society the whole point is to make money individually and privately. Meaning the government usually has no way to intervene, so you are able to seek individual profit. The only problem is when one (entity or person) owns a majority of a product line, they get some flack and are sometimes subjected to words like Monopoly. (Microsoft). The thing is though, if you own the majority of the product line, you can actually control the market (i.e. Supply and Demand). This is where morality comes into play.
If say, one company sees the competition starting to rise, when they have been the big dogs for a quarter century (AT&T), the company either buys the competition out, or tries to get into litigation against them.
Without competition though, the market is dominated by these corporations. If someone comes out with a new cable for instance with higher bandwidth transmissions at a reasonable price (overhead [materials to make it]), the corporations will try to by this out, in order to up the price without people being aware of how much the overhead cost in the first place.
People will pay it, because they are ignorant and unaware of how cheap the materials were, so in my opinion these corporations can be pretty freakin evil, but then again, is it really? In a capitalistic society anything goes usually, unless of course copyright infringement occurs or something goofy occurs with the accounting/stock options. Though this does not occur as much due to only ONE company on top of all others.
When folks have to worry about patents, copy rights, and other stuff of this nature, it leaves little room for competition in the market place. Now because of it people are making more money by buying out a product and selling it over amazon. As in up-selling a certain item. i.e. - you buy a product on amazon for $15.00 bucks, then turn around and change the description and put a better image out there for the product and sell it on amazon for $30.00. It's called manipulating the market place.
It hurts companies when you do this by the way. When you buy used games for instance, the game companies don't gain a cent. Only buying new games will they gain anything. At least Microsoft cut a deal with gaming companies that whatever DLC they sell, the gaming companies can make a profit.
That's all I got for now, so what is your opinion in a capitalistic society can you really call a corporation evil? Or are they just trying doing exactly as they are supposed to, since there are no laws against it.
