At 09:46 PM 1/20/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
>Personally, no. But, you have argued before that other actions by
>employees that minimize profits is morally reprehensible.
>
>> Say, would you be honorbound to produce misleading
>> advertisements that would boost sales? For example, I received an
>> official looking envelope yesterday from the "INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
>tax
>> return filing corp." The caps letters were in large print, and the
>> lowercase letters of the returna ddress were in tiny print. As another
>> example, I saw a television advertisement that was text rolling on a
>> background instructing "All Senior Citizens should have received
>> information about a new perscription drug benefit program in the mail,
>and
>> if you have not received this information you should call this number
>> immediately." At the bottom of the advertisement was tiny print that
>> "this is a non-governmental program." Are these actions of an
>> honor-bound individual? You know better than that, I think.
>
>But, isn't that what free enterprise is all about?
O.k., as near as I can tell you are just being silly now. If I've
misinterpreted your dry wit, let me know, and I'll continue the conversation.
JDG
"You're using the letter of the law to defeat the spirit of the law."
-Cmdr. Susan Ivanova
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