EPA Scientific Advisory Board Shakeup

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(05-09-2017, 06:55 PM)Benton Wrote: a businesses goal is to make profit. that's all.

any talk about making the world a better place is usally done for either lip service, or by company founders who don't have any authority since a board took over.

producing materials in a clean, practical manner is fine, but tha'ts not the goal of a business. the goal is making money. if you make more money making cheap, dirty, or even dangerous products, then you go with that option.

not that i'm opposed to industry having a voice in epa decisions. they have a stake, too. but i don't think they'll side with making their profit margins shrink.

I think you may underestimate the stewardship of some businesses. For instance I know an ad-hoc Econ Professor whose daytime job is working for one of the large cell phone service providers. He was assigned the project manager of a research project that looked for ways to reduce texting and driving.

He said it conflicted with his usual practice; as the goal was not to maximize profits.

I can provide numerous other examples of where big industry cut into their profit margin to do the "right thing". I think some of us are just too cynical.