:42:03
It's a fair assumption
that every human being
:42:05
real human beings
:42:06
flesh and
blood ones
:42:07
not corporations
:42:09
but every flesh and blood
human being is a moral person.
:42:12
You know we've
got the same genes
:42:14
we're more or less
the same
:42:16
but our nature
:42:19
the nature of humans
:42:20
allows all kinds
of behaviour.
:42:22
I mean everyone of us
under some circumstances
:42:25
could be a gas chamber
attendant and a saint.
:42:32
No job in my experience
with Goodyear
:42:37
has been as frustrating
as the CEO job.
:42:41
Because even though
the perception is
:42:44
that you have absolute power
to do whatever you want
:42:46
the reality is
you dont have that power
:42:49
and so metes if you had
really free hand
:42:52
if you really did what
you wanted to do
:42:55
that suits your
personal thoughts
:42:59
and your personal priorities
youd act differently.
:43:01
But as a CEOm
you cannot do that
:43:04
Layoff shave become
so wide-spread
:43:07
that people
tend to believe that
:43:10
CEOs make these decisions
:43:12
without any consideration
to the human implications
:43:16
of their decisions
:43:17
It is never a decision
that any CEO makes lightly.
:43:22
It is a tough decision.
:43:25
But it is the consequence
of modern capitalism
:43:32
When you look
at a corporation
:43:33
just like when
you look at a slave owner
:43:36
you want to distinguish
between the institution
:43:38
and the individual.
:43:40
So slavery for example
or other forms of tyranny
:43:45
are inherently monstrous
:43:47
but the individuals
participating in them
:43:49
may be the nicest guys
you could imagine
:43:52
benevolent friendly
nice to their children
:43:55
even nice to their slaves
caring about other people.