We live in a capitalist system and so if a profit can be made by grasping 'an oppoortunity' then it will happen
1. A rather distasteful aspect of the system E.
If there is no profit in it it will not
Perhaps that's the sort of direction our government should be thinking about taking in matters concerning energy policy.
I believe global warming is taking place, and I firmly believe we should do all that is practicable to protect our planet within reason.
I completely agree with you E, unfortunately our government seems to be proposing energy policies that are far from the reasonable.
greedy business practice, like ripping out the rain forrests
This is, of course, a natural casualty and another unsavoury aspect of the 'system' and of lax and uninterested government – not forgetting the lust for profit.
business system has identified they can, whilst providing jobs and security, why not
2. Of course they have E, they've been handed a licence to print money, so to speak, by government. Since when was business all that interested in creating jobs and job security for the benefit of their staff? The bottom line will always dictate employment practice and these benefactors of the business world will, for the most part, always wish to have the job done by the least number of people for the minimum outlay.
Many of the world's population will be able to sleep easier in their beds, whilst jobs and profit would have been created
3. That's a rather idealized view E, if I might say so. Will the jobs be worthwhile having and who will benefit from the profit but the shareholders and elite of the businesses concerned?
Finally I wouldn’t attach too much importance to what the Chinese say, as they do quite nicely in acquiring more than enough of the world's resources
1. No, it is not totally as it has given this and many a western country security, comfort and a reasonably good life style that the majority of us are still benefiting from. What is distasteful in that? Have you, and don't you still enjoy the benefits of that, unlike those previously trapped in the USSR system of old?
2. You talk in terms Zulu of a separate big nasty business versus a poor down trodden employee who only considers the bottom line. That is a very old fashioned and negative view point. Modern companies are in a very competative world where profits are far harder to make, and no private company has a "licence to print money". Yes it can be a dog eat dog environment, but that leads to healthy internal and external company development with the work force benefiting in terms of job security and pay. Fail to meet performance targets, and yes the employee gets to know all about the lack of profit, with someone else being 'positioned' to do that instead.
There are of course some employers who do not look after their staff, but in my experience medium to large corporate companies especially very activily pursue a policy of attracting the best staff, training them, and ensuring their working conditions are good so that the company can achieve the best profits through contented staff looking after valuable customers. Higher profits from a positive minded company leads to expansion with extra jobs created. A good healthy company prides itself in that. Of course the system can dictate a reversal of fortunes with a loss of jobs, but that will never be erradicated. Such is business life.
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1. No, it is not totally as it has given this and many a western country security, comfort and a reasonably good life style that the majority of us are still benefiting from.
There is plenty that is wrong with a system that, as a result of this desire to seize ‘opportunity’, the entire banking and financial structure of the west was all but brought down - and are we really enjoying the fruits of this healthy business atmosphere when one can expect minimal return on money saved yet be expected to pay top rates for money borrowed?
This current mess is the result of greed nothing more nothing less and that is one of the more distasteful aspects of largely unregulated ‘bottom line' business.
Modern companies are in a very competative world where profits are far harder to make
....and it certainly shows in the cuts to staffing levels seen regularly and the reluctance to employ people on a permanent basis relying instead on the short time contract and reduced job security.
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private company has a "licence to print money
With current government proposals regarding climate change that's just what they'll have recourse to.
Yes it can be a dog eat dog environment, but that leads to healthy internal and external company development with the work force benefiting in terms of job security and pay
As many unfortunate people on here and around the country have found to their cost.
but in my experience medium to large corporate companies especially very activily pursue a policy of attracting the best staff,
You have indeed been fortunate in that regard E - many have not.
Higher profits from a positive minded company leads to expansion with extra jobs created
However in many cases it's a matter of directors and shareholders first.
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