[TheForge] happy workers, happy shareholders,OT OTand OT

[Andy Vida]

Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> 
>  So to sum it up, they put accountants in charge of morale?

	The ultimate result is pretty much indistinguishable
	from such a case.  The only factor that is taken into
	account is the bottom line in simplistic contexts.
	The subtly hidden costsand benefits are almost never 
	considered because I suspect the typical shareholder 
	is either incapable of understanding them, or unwilling 
	to, because to do so would prove inconvenient to their 
	quarterly bottom line.

	Not cutting cost 'X' because of some non-quantifiable
	"touchy-feeley" factor typically doesn't go over well
	with share holders that care only for greater "efficiency"
	(read "dividends").  People want simple solutions, which
	is why religion is so popular.  And of course, cutting
	this group or that is always easy when you're not the
	one feeling the pinch.  And saying that it is "only
	business and not personal" is a typical mechanism used
	to justify wrecking the lives of people without losing
	any sleep or looking bad to one's neighbors.