Guest guest Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Hi Friends, I am in a classic delima and hope to get some AAPN member to give their opinion on what should be the best way to deal with the situation. I run a small software company and I have been approached by a European client who is a major distributor of frozen seafood, so he sells everything, lobsters, shrimps, and all kinds of helpless creatures. I don't feel like increasing efficiency of his organization trough my software or boost his sales from my website. What should do? Tell him that I am not interested in blood money. . One thing is sure, he will get it done from elsewhere. Or the other option is I charge him a bomb and donate all the money to animal organization, is that justifiable? I am really consfused, can someone please suggest the best way out of the situation. Regards Manoj Oswal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Hi Manoj, If you believe in free market economies, what determines transactions is consumer demand. Wherever there is consumer demand, there WILL BE supply. Supply-side economics doesn't work. Take drugs, for example. Drug trafficing is prohibitively expensive. Yet there are abundant supply to match abundant demand. (Yes, drugs are the same as animal consumption - humans are as ignorant about the suffering we cause to non-human animals as are drug addicts ignorant about the suffering they cause to themselves and their fellows.) Well, you are somewhat correct in saying that he will get it done from somewhere else even though you are not interested in bloody money. You may go on to say that, well, we can ideally spread compassion to all software vendors and completely shut off the supply of affordable software to bloody merchants. But then, these merchants will do away with software and go manual all together, AS LONG AS THERE IS DEMAND. As long as there is demand, the merchant will be able to find a viable cost structure; as long as they are able to survive the costs, there is demand. You will only shift the demand-supply equilibrium, but by how much. That's the question. So, extending the logic further, we could end up favouring your last solution - i.e. charging him a bomb and redistribute the wealth to good causes e.g. animal organizations. But we are only addressing the economic side of the problem. What about moral issues? To me, that's the same question as these : " I know being vegetarian brings only negligible help to the vast problem of factory farming. Why am I doing it? " " If I do not wear leather shoes, everything cruel will stay the way they are, at least for hundreds of years. Only different is, I will look bad on unpopular nylon sneakers the rest of my life. What's the point? " " By working for my boss who wears fur, I will only help her build her wealth causing more fur consumption and suffering. Why am I doing this every day? " ....and so on I hope that helps. David Wong _____ aapn [aapn ] On Behalf Of Manoj Oswal Friday, March 02, 2007 10:32 PM aapn to do or not to do Hi Friends, I am in a classic delima and hope to get some AAPN member to give their opinion on what should be the best way to deal with the situation. I run a small software company and I have been approached by a European client who is a major distributor of frozen seafood, so he sells everything, lobsters, shrimps, and all kinds of helpless creatures. I don't feel like increasing efficiency of his organization trough my software or boost his sales from my website. What should do? Tell him that I am not interested in blood money. . One thing is sure, he will get it done from elsewhere. Or the other option is I charge him a bomb and donate all the money to animal organization, is that justifiable? I am really consfused, can someone please suggest the best way out of the situation. Regards Manoj Oswal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 Manoj, free advice this. Take it or leave it. I feel you should back of from the deal and let other suppliers fill the demand. One cannot be half pregnant,either you are or you arent! The revenue you may generate shall be unethical considering the fact that you feel for animals. There is a strong hunger for unethical funding by AWOs in present day world which may encourage you to go ahead though. On 3/3/07, David Wong <ky wrote: > Hi Manoj, > > > > If you believe in free market economies, what determines transactions is > consumer demand. Wherever there is consumer demand, there WILL BE supply. > Supply-side economics doesn't work. Take drugs, for example. Drug > trafficing is prohibitively expensive. Yet there are abundant supply to > match abundant demand. (Yes, drugs are the same as animal consumption - > humans are as ignorant about the suffering we cause to non-human animals as > are drug addicts ignorant about the suffering they cause to themselves and > their fellows.) > > > > Well, you are somewhat correct in saying that he will get it done from > somewhere else even though you are not interested in bloody money. You may > go on to say that, well, we can ideally spread compassion to all software > vendors and completely shut off the supply of affordable software to bloody > merchants. But then, these merchants will do away with software and go > manual all together, AS LONG AS THERE IS DEMAND. As long as there is > demand, the merchant will be able to find a viable cost structure; as long > as they are able to survive the costs, there is demand. You will only shift > the demand-supply equilibrium, but by how much. That's the question. > > > > So, extending the logic further, we could end up favouring your last > solution - i.e. charging him a bomb and redistribute the wealth to good > causes e.g. animal organizations. But we are only addressing the economic > side of the problem. > > > > What about moral issues? To me, that's the same question as these : > > > > " I know being vegetarian brings only negligible help to the vast problem of > factory farming. Why am I doing it? " > > " If I do not wear leather shoes, everything cruel will stay the way they > are, at least for hundreds of years. Only different is, I will look bad on > unpopular nylon sneakers the rest of my life. What's the point? " > > " By working for my boss who wears fur, I will only help her build her wealth > causing more fur consumption and suffering. Why am I doing this every day? " > > > > ...and so on > > > > I hope that helps. > > > > David Wong > > > > > > _____ > > aapn [aapn ] On Behalf Of Manoj > Oswal > Friday, March 02, 2007 10:32 PM > aapn > to do or not to do > > > > Hi Friends, > I am in a classic delima and hope to get some AAPN member to give their > opinion on what should be the best way to deal with the situation. > > I run a small software company and I have been approached by a European > client who is a major distributor of frozen seafood, so he sells everything, > lobsters, shrimps, and all kinds of helpless creatures. > > I don't feel like increasing efficiency of his organization trough my > software or boost his sales from my website. What should do? Tell him that I > am not interested in blood money. . One thing is sure, he will get it done > from elsewhere. Or the other option is > > I charge him a bomb and donate all the money to animal organization, is that > justifiable? I am really consfused, can someone please suggest the best way > out of the situation. > > Regards > > Manoj Oswal > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.