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<blockquote data-quote="sigfried" data-source="post: 8911932" data-attributes="member: 1798">You make the point well.I think it's fair to say, that at any given moment, different corporations display different levels of ethical integrity, but ultimately, they are guided by shareholders and the board, and those things can and do change resulting in new leadership and new behaviors. Unlike private ownership in which, until the owner changes, the character of the business tends to be more consistent (for better or worse).So, Kobold Press is Wolfgang Baur, more or less. The company will reflect his ethics.&nbsp; WOTC is no individual, it's a collective and the leadership can and does change fairly often and their leadership is sworn to serve shareholders first and foremost. Shareholders are investors, they mostly just care about a return on investment. A private owner can have all kinds of interests but most public corporations only have one true interest, the others are ancillary.I think whether you do business with WOTC is not an ethical consideration.&nbsp; They are not a criminal company, they aren't physically hurting anyone or endangering their lives. I don't like what they are doing but for me, it's just not personal enough to rise to the level of being an ethical concern whether someone enters into a contract with WOTC or not. It's a free choice people can make.Now if WOTC goes on the warpath and sues people for actions that are pretty clearly not in violation of copyright or trademark laws, then I do think that would be unethical.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sigfried, post: 8911932, member: 1798"] You make the point well. I think it's fair to say, that at any given moment, different corporations display different levels of ethical integrity, but ultimately, they are guided by shareholders and the board, and those things can and do change resulting in new leadership and new behaviors. Unlike private ownership in which, until the owner changes, the character of the business tends to be more consistent (for better or worse). So, Kobold Press is Wolfgang Baur, more or less. The company will reflect his ethics. WOTC is no individual, it's a collective and the leadership can and does change fairly often and their leadership is sworn to serve shareholders first and foremost. Shareholders are investors, they mostly just care about a return on investment. A private owner can have all kinds of interests but most public corporations only have one true interest, the others are ancillary. I think whether you do business with WOTC is not an ethical consideration. They are not a criminal company, they aren't physically hurting anyone or endangering their lives. I don't like what they are doing but for me, it's just not personal enough to rise to the level of being an ethical concern whether someone enters into a contract with WOTC or not. It's a free choice people can make. Now if WOTC goes on the warpath and sues people for actions that are pretty clearly not in violation of copyright or trademark laws, then I do think that would be unethical. [/QUOTE]

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