I think what bothers me the most is that unethical practices are the new norm in big business now. You don't have to really hide your head in shame if you're caught anymore. People bitch and whine, but it's pretty much accepted that that's how you have to conduct yourself to make dem big bucks. Instead of being fringe or outcast...most of them easily rub the shit off their collar and go right back to business. The masses don't punish them, hell, you practically can't anymore. Even if you boycotted their products or services, you're still giving them cash through one of 100's of other interests.
Even if you could mind control the masses and make everyone boycott the living hell out of products galore...all you would be doing is hurting the smaller businesses. The big boys, while greedy as hell...can wait you out and teach you a lesson when you finally come crawling back.
It's part of the thing that I can't comprehend about at least some peoples human nature. I don't understand the notion that you have to make more this year than last every single year and if not you're somehow failing. Like when Sam was living he cared about the employees having time off and used to close in the evening at a certain time. Fast forward to now and they're not giving FT hours to anyone but department managers, no discount card for 6 months or a year, no health options for at least six months. The people who have been there forever and in some cases are making well over 20 an hour have been pushed and prodded to different shifts and things they didn't care to do, for the sole purpose of course of trying to get them to leave.
