I used to have some shares for a while - but I have finally decided this is nothing for me ! It dawned on me that to gain anything from investing in a company, (which was what i wanted - I admit I had no better reason like honestly invest in something i believed was right or good) that company would have to use the money I invested in a manner suited to increase the value of the shares.
What does that mean, why do I object to this basic commercial idea?
I find it VERY naive (!) not to realize the responsibility you take when involving yourself in things
(like a company) - what if increasing a companys share value means letting people go off payroll, using "agencys" to hire their workforce, or using labour in "development countries" and not having to worry a bit about the working conditions in the "workzones" ... Is that how I want to (if You didn't either these things wouldn't exist) "earn" my money ? NO ... think again!
It is easy for me as a musician, I know, to feel happy with the way I produce what I produce
(the music) I know I don't "use" people, I know I don't cheat [enter your viola jokes here], I know I try to follow my own ethics regarding this profession and I know I try to be "on top" of my moral regarding how I participate in making a concert ...
Why not demand the same clean history of workmanship/production in everything possible? There CAN be an honour in presenting something you have produced. My point is this : The harddrive in my computer is made by someone in a "workzone" earning about a dollar a day (?!) with absolutely terrible working conditions, I think of this every day. I have bought the computer but I'm not proud of this company using a worker like that - not a bit proud at all - that company can have NO honour in presenting their product, But are OBLIGED to be this "costeffective" due to the system of stocks!
