Fray

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Go, go, go.

F***.

F***ing dumb ass.

You better f***ing calm

down you f***ing a**hole

because if you don't,

I'm gonna f***ing knock you out.

Do you hear me?

Do you f***ing hear me?

So, last week I had

you read excerpts from

"A Wealth of Nations",

and we learned

that Adam Smith's

idea of captitalism

was designed to

free the consumer

from a producer and

state dominated economy.

Over time, however,

various dysfunctions in

the capitalist economy,

concentration of wealth,

market power,

manifested themselves

and the intended efforts

of the system eroded.

Today's capitalism

is dominated by

large corporations,

political interests

and social pathologies,

and fails to achieve

the original intent of

serving the common man.

So, let's talk about ways we

can start bringing capitalism

back to its original intent.

Thank you, sir.

Shut the f*** up!

Damn right,

you're f***ing quiet.

That should get me

down the block.

Hey, man.

You're new here, right?

Sort of.

Been here a couple months.

Yeah.

Only working in the

evenings or something?

No. I used to, but with

cutbacks I just fill in when

they can find a slot for me.

Ah, that sucks, dude.

At least they

didn't fire my ass.

I'm Matt by the way, man.

Justin.

Good to meet you.

Hey, you ever go up

to Gales Creek Tavern?

No. I never been.

Aw, dude.

You got to come, man.

Me and my buddies are there

like about every night, man.

Thanks.

Well, I better get back to work.

Nice meeting you, dude.

Yeah.

I should get back, too.

Hey. Yeah.

No. No, I wasn't.

Sorry, I wasn't there

in class today.

Yeah, I did...

I did the essay.

I don't know if it's any

good, but it's written.

Yeah... no,

I'll be there Monday for class.

Tomorrow's payday,

so I'll be there, okay?

Okay. Friday morning?

Yeah. I can do that.

That's 200 units of

Douglas fir and 30 cedar for me.

Yep.

Sounds good.

Thanks.

We'll let you

know next week.

Don't have too much fun

with that snow down there.

Thank you, sir.

Yeah, it's not much.

Trying to get you in more,

but sales are down again

this quarter.

How's that leg

of yours doing?

It's good as long

as I got my meds.

I was in therapy on Monday,

they say I'm making really

good progress.

I still can't put much

stress on it, though.

You doing okay sleeping?

A couple nights

a week still.

I wish I can say

it'll go away soon.

I still have my nights,

and that was 30 years ago.

I know I'm your boss.

If you ever need to talk

or have a warm dinner,

you let me know.

Thank you, sir.

More than anything,

I really just like to work.

I'll do what

I can for ya.

Thank you.

I really appreciate it.

So assuming we all

did our reading, let's see

how much we retained.

How are the profit

motives of business

served by good ethics?

Jenny?

Good ethics

result in good business?

That's the standard

motto, but in the short term,

bad ethics can be profitable,

so when seeking a profit

motive, how do good ethics

become beneficial?

-Wyatt?

-It keeps 'em out of trouble.

Well, it can be good

PR to be ethical,

but it's not against

the law in many cases

to be unethical.

The law merely specifies

the lowest common denominator

of acceptable behavior.

How would bad ethics

effect the bottom line?

Customers won't buy

a product that's harmful

or bad for their health.

Good.

That is one reason

why ethics are good

for the profit motive,

but selling risky products

like high interest loans,

credit cards

is still profitable

even though it's often

bad for the consumer.

So if a customer

is still willing to buy

these dangerous products,

what's the motive to be ethical?

Justin?

Well, if they keep

swindling everyone,

our consumer-based economy

will have no consumers left

with money to spend.

That's another good point,

but that addresses the long

term profit motive.

How do you see

ethics being beneficial

in the short term?

I don't.

How has unethical

business hurt Wall Street?

Well, it's true. A lot of

banks have profited a lot,

but it's also true that

a lot of banks have gone under

and are continuing to do so.

Yeah. How does that

hurt that personal profits?

Well, that's another topic

we'll be addressing later.

Business ethics

and human values.

Right now, we're just

focusing on ethics and

the profit motive.

So, you don't see

ethics being beneficial

in the short term?

Ethics are for little people.

I mean, if it's just about

this quarter's profits,

then the only role

they play is a burden.

Let's try and find some

reasons anyway, shall we?

Okay, so just remember to

read the rest of that chapter

and answer the

questions in the back.

Yeah.

So, how is everything

else going?

Um, I went for a hike

over the weekend.

My leg was sore as hell

when I got home, but it

felt good to do it.

I know I should've been

going over my school work.

No. That's great.

I'm happy you were

able to do that.

Yeah. It was like a little

taste of freedom again.

Well, you need that,

you know?

Get caught up here,

but I don't want you

to burn out either.

I don't know. I don't think

I really got the mind for it.

Are you kidding me?

You stumped teacher today

with your anti-moral shpeel.

I'm not anti-morals.

I just don't think they

mean a damn thing to the

people running things.

Don't tell anyone,

but I agree with you.

We can't teach that, though.

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