[LINK] Is it unethical to infringe a patent?

[Kim Holburn]

On 2006 Aug 19, at 1:06 AM, Geoffrey Ramadan wrote:
>> And it doesn't stop a decision by one person being altered by  
>> another in such a way as to change the ethics of the decision of  
>> the first person.
> I think this demonstrates my point. Ethics is determined by people  
> directly... not the company.
>>
>> Also the basis on which company decisions are made, in most cases  
>> is profit for the shareholders.  That is no basis for ethics,  
>> well, unless maybe you have some very long-sighted executives.
> Kim have you held a company executive position or owned a company?
> Do you own your consultancy business?
> Do you operate ethically?
> Is it unethical to make a profit?
>
> I think you will find that most companies make a profit and do it  
> ethically (as I assume you do). Granted not all, but most.

Essentially you're saying that most people act ethically.  I don't  
think I agree with that either, maybe I'm just too cynical.

>> Hmmm... is ethics about the big picture?  (Sorry, just thinking  
>> aloud.)

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