Would you do it ?

jetsonx

heres a thing I thought of the other day...i was looking for an Ethics branch but could not find one...anyhow heres the question...if you got offered a good decent, well paid job, with good promtion prospects with a Tobacco
company would you take it ? Could you have it on your conscience that everyday you go to work you contribute to killing people ?


any thoughts?

qz

jetsonx wrote:

heres a thing I thought of the other day...i was looking for an Ethics branch but could not find one...anyhow heres the question...if you got offered a good decent, well paid job, with good promtion prospects with a Tobacco
company would you take it ? Could you have it on your conscience that everyday you go to work you contribute to killing people ?


any thoughts?

Read the charter, what do you think you would do?

Rabies

Once the money is decent I would have no problem.

I'd sell my soul to the devil for a doughnut

pickarooney

Sure, just as I'd work for a beer or car company.
I think Humanities is the closest to an Ethics forum, btw.

Kinetic^

I'd have no problem if i was in the acconts department (which is my area of expertise), but if i was to market the things then I couldnt do it, no way.

Gazza22

No i wouldn't take it...

Mainly because i absolutely hate smoking...i would be the words biggest hypocrite if i did and i would have it on my conscience that i am helping to dish out an seriously unhealthy product to people

billy the squid

jetsonx wrote:

heres a thing I thought of the other day...i was looking for an Ethics branch but could not find one...anyhow heres the question...if you got offered a good decent, well paid job, with good promtion prospects with a Tobacco
company would you take it ? Could you have it on your conscience that everyday you go to work you contribute to killing people ?


any thoughts?

only if they had an employeee discount.

Kinetic^

billy the squid wrote:

only if they had an employeee discount.

:rolleyes: but still

Scraggs

yeah i would!! I doubt many people would turn down an offer at a company making alsoholic beverages!! its pretty much the same thing....i dont see a difference anyway!

well unless it was like marketing them to kids or something!!

Dave!

Not in like the marketing sector... I don't think I'd be able to live with myself if my job was to think of ways to convince people to take up smoking! :eek:

Maybe somewhere in the background, though, I dunno really.

Sleepy

Sure, can I have the advertising job?

0utshined

So the money's good, right?

Yeah i'd take it and my conscience would be clear. Tobacco companies don't kill people, they do that to themselves.

mp3guy

anyone who's stupid enough to start smoking deserves to die...........IMO

c - 13

Yes, I would take it.
I belive that its a persons choice to start smoking and they're hardly going to go saying - "OMFG, c - 13's marketing cigarrettes. It must be cool. Let's all start smoking !".
So, do i get the job ?

Pyr0

mp3guy wrote:

anyone who's stupid enough to start smoking deserves to die...........IMO

I'd love to hear that your whole family started smoking, then we'll see if you stick to that opinion.

oq4v3ht0u76kf2

It's quite true though... maybe not 20 or 30 years ago, but nowadays, to actually START SMOKING NOW given the sheer amount of scientific data that all points to smoking being dangerously unhealthy. It really is Darwinism at work if people take up smoking nowadays. The current secondary school population's parents were the last generation who can even consider claiming they started smoking in ignorance.

embee

Everyones got to make a living, so yes, I would.

Dave

Everyone's aware of the risks these days anyway, so I'd have no problem. I'd have more of an issue with working for a company who used child labour or something like that.

crazymonkey

yes i would,, fast food is almost as dangers as smoking, and people don't have a problem working for the likes of McD.

Cake Fiend

Bear in mind that smokers take more than their own lives into their hands - second hand smoke is a killer. It's because of knacker parents that hold their cigarettes right next to the pram they're pushing that I'd have a problem with a job like this.

Rhyme

Take the job, destroy the company from wthin.

Nah, i wouldnt take the job... work somewhere healthier instead

Nairam

I think it's OK to have principles.
But don't overdo it!!!!!

There are so many products which are bad for your health.
A friend of mine got in a car accident and is now paralised from the neck down! Do you think you can sell a car without thinking of the consequences of this "murderweapon".

I think there a lot of people happy with their "bad" smoking habits, and being happy is a good thing!

Btw I don;t smoke

stevenmu

Sico wrote:

Bear in mind that smokers take more than their own lives into their hands - second hand smoke is a killer. It's because of knacker parents that hold their cigarettes right next to the pram they're pushing that I'd have a problem with a job like this.

Wouldn't that also apply to car companies who sell cars to little boy racers ?