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Floyd L. Davidson
Prime said:
Hence it is okay to buy products made with slave labor or from
companies headed by criminal management teams???
I think not.
Which is to say, we should be just as concerned about the ethics
of our lawmakers as we are about corporate management. We need
to be sure both that the appropriate laws are in place and that
they are being followed.
Neither can be ignored.
Apparently he lacks any ethical base himself... (I wish a
smiley were appropriate at this point, unfortunately nothing
stated above seems to indicate so.)
Whoa! (Okay, so you probably have very little exposure to oil
companies, and therefore simply would not be aware.)
The FBI recently raided the offices of a number of politicians
and of certain oil company contractors in Alaska. While we do
not have specifics, there is little doubt that it is a criminal
investigation into influence buying by the oil industry.
That happens at the same time that major problems exist on the
North Slope with oil production due to management that either is
or should be illegal. If it is not illegal, then the reasons
that no such laws exist *are* illegal!
Further, I know of at least one private law suit against all of
the oil producers at Prudhoe Bay that amounts to something like
a $50 million payout for illegal trespass. My understanding is
that this is about to be settled and probably will be made
public, though I doubt it will get the headlines is deserves.
It amounts to 30 years of criminal behavior...
Suffice to say that the oil industry is *much* more likely to
get away with criminal and/or unethical behavior than any other
industry in the world, simply because they have the money to
finance whatever to takes to make a profit.
Excellent point!
Some people feel no pressure from "personal integrity". That
apparently is not limited to company management... :-(