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=== ''Why is that so bad? They get the job done after all!'' === | === ''Why is that so bad? They get the job done after all!'' === | ||
Psychopathic behaviour is bad, for everyone, as they only amount to 1% of the adult population, but are reported to be responsible for about 50 % of all serious crimes and constitute 20% of (North American) prison populations<ref>'''''Without conscience: The disturbing word of the psychopaths among us''.''' Hare, R. (1999). New York: Guildford Press. https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/xfIEVtzj52YC?hl=en</ref>.[[File:Corporate owners-media.png|alt=Corporates oligopolies own our media.|thumb|'''Figure 3.''' Corporates [[oligopolies]] write our media.]] | Psychopathic behaviour is bad, for everyone, as they only amount to 1% of the adult population, but are reported to be responsible for about 50% of all serious crimes and constitute 20% of (North American) prison populations<ref>'''''Without conscience: The disturbing word of the psychopaths among us''.''' Hare, R. (1999). New York: Guildford Press. https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/xfIEVtzj52YC?hl=en</ref>. This will only get worse with the emergence of of A.I. as power will further centralise into the few who hold these traits.[[File:Corporate owners-media.png|alt=Corporates oligopolies own our media.|thumb|'''Figure 3.''' Corporates [[oligopolies]] write our media.]] | ||
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==== ''Past solutions?'' ==== | |||
[[File:Car manifacture oligopoly2.png|alt=Car manufacture oligopoly2|thumb|'''Figure 4'''. Corporate [[oligopolies]] make our cars.]] | [[File:Car manifacture oligopoly2.png|alt=Car manufacture oligopoly2|thumb|'''Figure 4'''. Corporate [[oligopolies]] make our cars.]] | ||
Numerous startups are launched on the premise of challenging and transforming the existing norms and conventions. Yet, the reality of funding poses a challenge: a significant number of these new companies rely on venture capital investments, which are inherently driven by the pursuit of profit. This financial dependency can make it difficult for a company to prioritize anything over profit-making. Even in cases where ethical considerations are explicitly valued, such as Google's initial "Don't Be Evil" motto—which was notably dropped from its code of conduct in 2022—commercial interests often end up taking precedence over ethical ones. | |||
==== Proposed solutions. ==== | |||
To resolve this issue, any initial [[Tenet|Tenets]] that describe the operations of an organisation need to be in [[ROM|read only]] format so that from inception and during the entirety of it existence they remain the same. | |||
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