Tuesday, October 25, 2005

this makes me sick

wal-mart memo

i mean, honestly. i may be a liberal, but i'm in business school for god's sake - i'm no bleeding heart idealist. i understand the pressure that companies are under to turn a profit. i understand cost-benefit analysis. i defend the business world all the time.

i was reading this article earlier today in which wal-mart claims to be "doing good by doing well."

oh yeah, wal-mart? really? is this how it's done?

this kind of blatant hypocrisy makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit.

i spend so much time and energy working on socially responsible business issues - sometimes i wonder what i'm really hoping to achieve.

i feel so...disillusioned.

4 comments:

Newsandseduction said...

business is more about profit! I think so!

hiroshi ryan said...

you have to give in to your inner communist, but make sure you look good in red first otherwise it could be a terrible mistake

amanda said...

i like the way you think.

vyc said...

dude, don't even get me started on the woes of capitalism. we can discuss this weekend.