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.
Jaana Woiceshyn
Jaana Woiceshyn teaches business ethics and competitive strategy at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada. How to Be Profitable and Moral” is her first solo-authored book.
Visit her website at profitableandmoral.com.
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.
Introduction to How to Be Profitable and Moral By Jaana Woiceshyn
An excerpt from the Introduction to How to Be Profitable and Moral By Jaana Woiceshyn.
Art Gallery Demonstrates The Virtue of Independence
If there is a lesson to be learned from the economic lockdowns governments around the world started imposing on businesses in an attempt to contain the coronavirus pandemic, it is the importance of independence.
Christmas is About Enjoying Values Not Sacrificing Them
Those who feel guilt over material wealth and blame business for commercializing Christmas through ‘greedy’ profit seeking should pause and ask: “What is the standard of value by which we condemn material wealth and business?”
Clarity About Business Ethics
Altruism is not the only moral code; there is an alternative that facilitates long-term profit maximization.
To Recover From Economic Lockdowns Embrace Laissez-Faire Capitalism
If we want to recover from the pandemic and the devastation of the government lockdowns, we must embrace the freedom-restoring solution: capitalism.
Why The Government Should Leave Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Apple Alone
Antitrust legislation is an example of the government’s improper use of political power.
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