EPA Scientific Advisory Board Shakeup

[Benton]

(05-09-2017, 07:02 PM)bfine32 Wrote: 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.  

As a part of a corporate beast and someone whom manages business school grads, I don't think you're going to sway me much, especially with a cell phone company trying to reduce texting while driving. That's not exactly the same as a pesticide producer whose product may be poisoning water tables on the watchdog agency designed to stop groups from poisoning water tables.