| Bodhesatva said: Because it's part of journalistic ethical codes? That's why. That's the end of the discussion. Because it's considered wrong. Why is it not okay for a company to rescind on contracts already agreed upon? Obviously, it's in their favor to rescind on a contractual obligation if it includes, oh, losing hundreds of millions of dollars. That makes absolutely no sense, why would they do that! Because they agreed to do it in a contract, and breaking that contract is unethical. It's like you don't even see that journalistic ethics exist. |
This is pretty tangential, so feel free to ignore this post, but...there is an entire school of thought, both in business and law, which recognizes and encourages what are called "efficient breach of contract," i.e. breaches in which the breachor can allay much of the harm caused by the breach while still benefitting society as a whole. So ethical barriers are breaking down even there.
....yeah, I'll shut up now.
