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Sun 18 Jan, 2009 10:25 pm
Ok, so I've been a pretty vocal opponent to the various bailout programs that our government has been printing money for....well, earlier this week our company announced that it asked for and received a $1.2 billion loan from TARP.
My company has a boatload of cash on it's books and and a lot more coming in from a few lawsuits we're collecting on now...and honestly the company doesn't need the loan (unless there's something they're not telling us employees or the shareholders, which is even more frightening).
I'm fairly certain that we're just taking the money because it's out there and under favorable terms.
So, I really don't know how to reconcile the fact that my company has borrowed money from a program that I am in strong opposition to.
You cannot reconcile the inevitable aspects of human nature in concert with random chance.
The most you can do is oppose the things you consider unethical, and in doing so pay whatever the cost of said oppositions might be.
Do you have any power to change it?
If not, is it important enough to you for you to leave?
Few corporations are going to meet anyone's ethical standards on all issues. What company doesn't have skeletons in their closet if you look hard enough? As an ecologist, my husband was offered lucrative work that involved lying for corporations about the pollution they spewed. He has a strong moral compass and wanted no part of it. The other people willing to hire him were non-profits and they paid so little he could qualify for food-stamps. In the end he decided to open his own business, be his own boss and set his own standards. I'm not saying it's an easy solution, but it's the only way to guarantee your own ethics and beliefs will be upheld.
You, sir, have guts and a conscience. There are not enough people who make the difficult moral choices you seem to be considering. Good luck--I am sure that you know that hardworking skilled people most usually end up on top eventually!
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