Two years into the pandemic, despite all that misery and the vaccines and treatments now available, polls suggest that over a half of Canadians are still in favor of economic lockdowns and two-thirds approve of mandatory vaccinations. Why?
Jaana Woiceshyn
Jaana Woiceshyn taught business ethics and competitive strategy for over 30 years at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada, where she is now an emerita professor.How to Be Profitable and Moral” is her first solo-authored book.
Visit her website at profitableandmoral.com.
How to End Poverty: Stop “Redistributing” Wealth
Poverty cannot be reduced, in the long term, by “redistribution” of wealth. It can only be done by leaving people free to produce and keep the wealth they create.
The Virtue of Business
Instead of disdain and condemnation, businesses and businesspeople deserve our gratitude.
The Virtuous Circle of Profits and People
It’s mistaken to think that pursuing profits harms people. Profit-seeking by business does not harm but rather benefits people, beyond its owners.
Climate Change vs. Weather Emergencies
Climate Change vs. Weather Emergencies from the perspective of environmental humanism
Net-Zero Emission Targets?
There is an alternative strategy for businesses to deal with climate change: one that is based on facts and human wellbeing (as opposed to no human impact on the planet) as the standard.
Capitalism and The Swedish Welfare State
As Ayn Rand observed, a compromise between two opposite principles – such as between freedom and government controls in a welfare state – is never sustainable,
Laissez-Faire Capitalism: The Way to Economic Recovery After Government Lockdowns
If we want to build economies back for continual growth and prosperity, we need the government to unchain businesses and set them free to produce again.
Business Execs Can’t Maximize Profits and Bash Capitalism
Business leaders and owners who think they can create profits regardless of the social system are evading facts. Profit maximization cannot be sustained in socialism or any other freedom-killing statist system toward which America seems headed today.
Claiming the Moral High Ground in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting
A company that turned its ESG report into an opportunity to proudly defend its industry and itself.
Facebook and Other Tech Companies as Arbiters of Truth
Should Facebook have a policy of removing “misinformation” in the first place?
Building Back Better Requires Free-Markets, Not Socialist Interventions
If the governments want the economy to recover and grow, they should drastically scale back (and over time, give up entirely) their economic interference and focus on the protection of individual rights.
Social Media “Fact Checking” versus Censorship
Corporations cannot censor, only governments can.
“Building Back Better” Schemes vs. Individual Rights
Whether the “build back better” schemes will actually improve citizens’ lives, as the governments imply, depends on the definition of “better.”
“Woke” CEOs
Why CEOs go “woke”—and why they shouldn’t.
Why Do Canadians Pay So Much for Cell Phone Service?
Telecom companies’ “greed” for profits and the alleged price fixing is not the real reason for the high prices of their services in Canada.
The False Ideal of Equity
The false standard of equity leads to bad outcomes for everyone. The standard should not be equity but justice.
Should Business Fight Climate Change and Inequality?
The Hazards of Embracing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Goals
Taking Wage Subsidies and Paying Dividends: Is it Moral?
Is it moral to take wage subsidies from the government while being profitable and paying dividends?
“Sweatshops” are Good for the Planet—and People
Producing and consuming fast fashion and other sweatshop products is a win-win scenario for human flourishing: consumers get inexpensive products, workers and their employers prosper, working conditions improve and pollution diminishes, the planet gets greener, and the brands profit.
How Does One Apply Rational Egoism in a Mixed Economy, Welfare State?
While the welfare state cannot be transformed into a free-market system overnight, businesspeople can help by speaking up (in forums open to them) when restrictions on freedom of business are being proposed by government and other groups.
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