Do some corporations actually care about humanity's well being?

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

I have a hard time accepting that there is even some possible way a corporation ran by some man or woman who either did the following..

 

a.) Took to much credit for the original idea and became massive(Gates, Jobs and Zuckerberg ect...)

b.) They are "intelligent people" they know money grants them a gateway to being admired among the masses. Yet they blow their money on things that they know are useless.

c.) They're not donating enough to charitable causes to make a decent effect.

 

I'm not saying they shouldn't be making money. But there are millions of people in this world that have done the real heavy duty work from the beginning. But never get the credit or reward they deserve. In this suffering world, we need these people with billions of dollars to actually care. Given how elite families and corporations have been in the past 200 years..I don't think it's realistic or possible.

Edited March 11, 2014 by TheMarkz0ne

[Ribbonfree 2,383]

Part of my developed philosophy on life is that few people are inherently bad people, they just only seem bad in the context. I think a lot of the wealthy simply fail to realize just how potent they as individuals can be in society. People who become that majorly successful have a certain mindset, I feel, that it's all about competition and fighting your fellow man for every scrap of success possible. Great style for getting power, but once you've got it? It makes for a less than ideal way of looking at the world, if you keep those values.

[Treble Bolt 1,122]

Well, you are looking at corporations down at the individual spectrum of these large conglomerates. Corporations are usually comprised up of many people, who, although aren't inherently bad or anything, operate off the concept of greed. In order for any large corporation to keep going as they do financially, they use greedy, selfish tactics that really make them overall a bad thing. It does not take long to find lists upon lists of corporations whose greedy endeavors outweigh anything they do to help those in need (i.e. donating to charities).

-Take any mainstream clothing store...most clothing makers are not from America and work in unsafe, underpaid conditions.

-Food stores....long hours, underpaid harvesters (why else do most Americans not want to work in the orchards and fields of large crop farms in California and elsewhere in the country?)  Food is made with dangerous chemicals to keep it "fresher" longer.

-Technology corporations...our phones and stuff are being made by people who work long hours, and are underpaid. Free sites like Facebook and other such sites sell any and ALL information that people post to other companies, how else do they make the money they do (advertisements only do so much).

 

Pharmaceutical industries kill people, by withholding valuable lifesaving information. The FDA approves all medications that have a 5% "improvement" rate (or more). I have already posted about this, but if you are testing 100 people to see how a medication works, and only 5 people are helped, then that medication is mass marketed and given to everyone all for the sake of money (when 95% are NOT actually helped)....That is corporate Greed all around. the health care industry in America is a scam, the mainstream food industry in America is a scam (I work at a meat locker and have learned all about what Tyson and Hormel get away with and its downright sickening), any information you post online, anywhere, is getting bought and sold by companies "unknown" so they can advertise to you or have you be watched. I mean really, if the American NSA is doing such illegal things, then exactly WHO is going to put them in their place when they are part of the government that PAID them (i.e. knew fully well what was going on and allowed it) to do what they were doing.

I mean seriously people, open your eyes....people overall aren't bad, but greed wrecks us all to no end.

[Castle Bleck 19,366]

Me: *Asks Data this question*

 

Data:

Edited March 11, 2014 by Anti-Villain

[PsychedelicPony 440]

Some do, some it isn't their fault totally it's the fault of competitive capitalism and the government not making laws to protect the worker such as a higher minimum wage, restrictions on how outsourced workers are paid, and most of all taking money from corporations lobbyers. When put in a society where money is everything a corporation cuts as many costs to make a profit to be competitive and unfortunately the easiest cost to cut is the worker and working conditions

[ReverseFaller 2,483]

Of course they do, Monsanto and the fictional Umbrella Corp are doing everything they're doing for the benefit of humanity.

 

On a more serious note, I'd say it depends on the company, and or corporation. Some do care about humanity, some don't.

Edited March 11, 2014 by Mikami

[PlunderSteed 1,252]

The premise of this thread is kind of silly and overly-simplistic.  "Corporations" don't care either way, because they are not thinking, feeling beings.  Every corporate policy -- egalitarian, selfish or otherwise -- was written by a person or a group of people.  It's more useful to examine and debate the merits of an individual corporation's history of policy decisions.  Granted, this would require a desire to do original research and an understanding of how corporations actually work...neither of which seems to be abundant on this forum.

[Khaoios 1,970]

Corporations as in business......they could give two shits about there employees.  I'm telling you this b/c even in the IT field (yet im a rookie) managers don't care if you make a mistake.  Especially if your working with computers in the hospital.  You lose one piece of data, your pretty much getting a pink slip in your own mailbox.  When it comes to vacations or personal days, its hard b/c when someone is absent, they think it'll slow down the day in terms of revenue and all that jazz.  I barely took vacations b/c of that but after resigning, im working from home which is better for me (although to monitor sites is somewhat difficult). 

[TheMarkz0ne 962]

The issue here is the rationality of corporate heads caring about money and not about humans, afterall they're human. You think Zuckerberg cares about cars and houses? No he wants attention and having billions of dollars give him that effortless freedom.

[Windseeker 546]

Lol, oh hell no. Fast food chains are a perfect example of greed, with more than a fair share of placing money above peoples' well-being. The shareholders don't care if the food is bad for people, as long as it tastes good and sells fast.