The New Export: The New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

From NPR: Transcript  

When taking up the mantle of business, even if it's for the US government, it isn't necessary to treat your employees like they're nothing.  Human trafficking, sexual abuse, ridiculous working conditions...KNN asks why there isn't some sort of law that obligates US companies to follow the basic tenets of US law when operating overseas?  Surely it can't hurt the bottom line that much to be civil to people.  It's bad enough that we have to be greedy; do we have to be feudal?

That paid how much?

Every organization, no matter its purpose, or success at that purpose, is susceptible to the metaphorical thirty pieces of silver.  It isn't about the amount or the metal:  it's about placing personal concerns over the necessities for success of the organization.  That's true from the leader to the lowest foot soldier, which is why true leadership, both from the top and bottom of an organization, is so rare.  It takes patience and mentoring and discipline and forethought to gain success and security for an entire organization, qualities sadly unfamiliar in the business world today.  When a change in heading toward personal concerns is complete, there is no going back, because pure self-interest has been allowed a seat at the table.  And it never yields the floor when it speaks and it only speaks to its own agenda.  And it will never settle for less.  Kinda sounds like the Terminator, doesn't it?