In Reply to: The return of the Underpants Gnomes posted by Rob Doorack on May 23, 2009 at 20:04:59:
What's common sense to people like me is unimaginably irrational and unlikely to 'people like you' (sorry, not a phrase I'd normally use)! I think real-world corruption - or even just influence or suggestion - is a great deal more sophisticated and indirect than your question suggests. Also, isn't it a problem that, if you're denial is true, we're left with a scenario of mass altruism on the part of the industry?* How plausible is that? Put simply: why perks, then?*Obviously (I hope, and to save time), I'm not disputing that individual acts of altruism occur, but that it's enshrined in a common business practice ... ?
BTW Thanks for the entertaining analogy!
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- I fear we inhabit different planets! - Bhasi 06:57:14 05/24/09 (7)
- So, you're utterly unable to explain your belief that discounts cause corruption - Rob Doorack 15:20:35 05/24/09 (6)
- ETHICS - robert.gaboury@videotron.ca 05:59:36 05/25/09 (4)
- RE: ETHICS - Alan Sircom 03:16:23 05/28/09 (0)
- ethics... - mkuller 13:39:01 05/25/09 (2)
- BLANKET ACCUSATIONS... - robert.gaboury@videotron.ca 13:56:05 05/25/09 (1)
- Can't provide an answer, eh, so you try deflection...(nt) - mkuller 10:13:02 05/26/09 (0)
- "We waste 50% of our maketing budget every year ... - Bhasi 00:51:26 05/25/09 (0)