:41:09
They would have all
the characteristics
:41:11
and in fact
in many respects
:41:14
the corporation
of that sort
:41:15
is the proto typical
of a psychopath.
:41:23
If the dominant institution
of our time has been created
:41:26
in the image of
a psychopath
:41:28
who bears moral responsibility
for its actions?
:41:33
Can a building have
moral opinions?
:41:37
Can a building have
social responsibility?
:41:40
If a building cant have
social responsibility
:41:42
what does it mean to
say a corporation can?
:41:44
A corporation is simply
an artificial legal structure
:41:49
but the people
who are engaged in it
:41:51
whether the stockholder
:41:53
whether the
executives in it
:41:55
whether the employees
:41:57
they all have
moral responsibilities.
:42:03
It's a fair assumption
that every human being
:42:05
real human beings
:42:06
flesh and
blood ones
:42:07
not corporations
:42:09
but every flesh and blood
human being is a moral person.
:42:12
You know we've
got the same genes
:42:14
we're more or less
the same
:42:16
but our nature
:42:19
the nature of humans
:42:20
allows all kinds
of behaviour.
:42:22
I mean everyone of us
under some circumstances
:42:25
could be a gas chamber
attendant and a saint.
:42:32
No job in my experience
with Goodyear
:42:37
has been as frustrating
as the CEO job.
:42:41
Because even though
the perception is
:42:44
that you have absolute power
to do whatever you want
:42:46
the reality is
you dont have that power
:42:49
and so metes if you had
really free hand
:42:52
if you really did what
you wanted to do
:42:55
that suits your
personal thoughts
:42:59
and your personal priorities
youd act differently.