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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 06:49 AM Original message |
10 Faux Progressive Companies ... With Some Dirty Secrets |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why should we ever think that corporations are progressive? Anything whose #1 motive is profit.... |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. Once they go public, greed becomes the guiding principle. It's the law. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That's pretty much it. It's literally the law of the public corporation. Stupid question: |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Hard to put the genie back in the bottle. I think most corp-private buyouts are by investments firms |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. Add Credo Mobile to that list |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That surprises and disappoints me. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. Thanks much. I'm always in search of such information. K&R n/t |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. Never thought of Google, Starbucks, Urban Outfitters, Avon, Whole Foods or Coke |
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GillesDeleuze (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Annies? |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Ben & Jerry's before it was sold to Unilever (?) |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. recommend |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. Whole Foods or Whole Paycheck? |
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Yavapai (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. If corporations are people, then they are sociopaths ! |
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