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Originally Posted by alansmithee
Yes. It's not their job to be a moral authority, its a corporation's job to make profit. If it is judged that doing things considered by some to be amoral is the way to make greater profits, and no gov't puts a limit on those actions, then it's wholly in their rights to do it.
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First, thanks for the response.
Second, I think that the ability to perform an act because of an absence of laws to the contrary, does not necessarily make that act a right.
Third, could you clarify a few things?
If there are no existing laws governing whatever morally reprehensible act they want to commit, they are free to do so? It was legal for German companies to use slave labor during Nazi rule. So, it was fine for the companies to do so because they have no moral responsibility? I disagree, but this is your position, correct?
What if the government is unable limit those acts despite laws (inadequate enforcement)? If a corportations only motive should be profit, are they within their "rights" to perform those acts?
Because corporations are made up of people, people make the decisions, etc., does the same logic apply to people? (If there are no laws governing an act, you have a "right" to commit that act?)