"We're not accusing you of being illegal, we're accusing you of being immoral."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20288077 On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Fabrizio Giudici < fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:10:56 +0100, Cédric Beust ♔ <ced...@beust.com> > wrote: > > This is about tax avoidance, not tax evasion. There is a big difference. >> > > Correct. But often the practical difference is hard to tell. I mean: > technically, when it's legal it's avoidance, when it's illegal it's > evasion, the difference is clear. But is it legal to lie about facts, as > Google is allegedly doing about UK engineering, according to the cited > article? > > In any case, the moral obligation of corporates is to maximize > stakeholders' revenues. This obviously means they *have to* do tax > avoidance. Just do your business and don't tell me foolish things, such as > "Don't do evil". > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect @ Tidalwave s.a.s. > "We make Java work. Everywhere." > http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/**blog <http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/blog> - > fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/javaposse?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en>. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
