The United Airlines Debacle and the Morality of Capitalism


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We have all seen or read about how a passenger was forcefully removed from a United Airlines flight because the flight was overbooked. This needull talks about the morality of capitalism in this context.

Once the common good and the dignity of each person are introduced into the equation, then such things as compassion, kindness, and care for the poor and the environment will come to be understood as values that are every bit as important as efficiency, aggressiveness and hard work. In other words, once you introduce another goal into the equation, then the priorities of the corporation and its employees shift a bit. And, incidentally, it makes for happier employees and a happier organization, because who wants to work for a hard-hearted company?

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