I try to do my "good deed" for the day every day. Lately that involves a lot of pretty heavy conversations with my staff, a lot of whom are struggling with mental health through the pandemic. Currently helping someone get help for alcoholism. They've been sober 4 weeks now and we've gotten past a lot of the physical symptoms. I've learned to draw certain lines though as quite often in the past I would help others to the detriment of myself.
Environmentally I try my best to make my impact on the planet as positive as possible. When I inherited my father's home after he passed away I spent a considerable amount of money getting it to the point where it was a net producer of electricity and sold that back to the grid. I'm not perfect on this front by any means. I still drink bottled water despite living in a country with some of the best drinkable tap water in the world. I'm working on that.
Like I said, I choose to work for an employer that reflects those 2 facets. They have a pretty comprehensive corporate responsibility statement and ethical policies.
I'm a trade unionist. Old school, worker's rights, workplace conditions etc.
Originally posted by jaden_2.0You're a human. A damn good one.
I try to do my "good deed" for the day every day. Lately that involves a lot of pretty heavy conversations with my staff, a lot of whom are struggling with mental health through the pandemic. Currently helping someone get help for alcoholism. They've been sober 4 weeks now and we've gotten past a lot of the physical symptoms. I've learned to draw certain lines though as quite often in the past I would help others to the detriment of myself.Environmentally I try my best to make my impact on the planet as positive as possible. When I inherited my father's home after he passed away I spent a considerable amount of money getting it to the point where it was a net producer of electricity and sold that back to the grid. I'm not perfect on this front by any means. I still drink bottled water despite living in a country with some of the best drinkable tap water in the world. I'm working on that.
Like I said, I choose to work for an employer that reflects those 2 facets. They have a pretty comprehensive corporate responsibility statement and ethical policies.
I'm a trade unionist. Old school, worker's rights, workplace conditions etc.
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
I try to do my "good deed" for the day every day. Lately that involves a lot of pretty heavy conversations with my staff, a lot of whom are struggling with mental health through the pandemic. Currently helping someone get help for alcoholism. They've been sober 4 weeks now and we've gotten past a lot of the physical symptoms. I've learned to draw certain lines though as quite often in the past I would help others to the detriment of myself.Environmentally I try my best to make my impact on the planet as positive as possible. When I inherited my father's home after he passed away I spent a considerable amount of money getting it to the point where it was a net producer of electricity and sold that back to the grid. I'm not perfect on this front by any means. I still drink bottled water despite living in a country with some of the best drinkable tap water in the world. I'm working on that.
Like I said, I choose to work for an employer that reflects those 2 facets. They have a pretty comprehensive corporate responsibility statement and ethical policies.
I'm a trade unionist. Old school, worker's rights, workplace conditions etc.
That’s great. I do think that a lot of people don’t live what they preach, and that’s a big problem.
I'd like to do more. I've tried in the past to make my purchase decisions based on researching the companies whose products I'd be getting. It takes more time, effort and memory I can spare. It's hard enough picking the retailers let alone the origins of each and every product.
I try to do it for bigger household purchases though.
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
I'd like to do more. I've tried in the past to make my purchase decisions based on researching the companies whose products I'd be getting. It takes more time, effort and memory I can spare. It's hard enough picking the retailers let alone the origins of each and every product.I try to do it for bigger household purchases though.
Yeah, sometimes it is so difficult it’s almost not possible. That’s why I think it’s good when governments and intergovernmental organizations make rules to make these thing easier. Like it would be not too difficult to eliminate child labor from supply chains if the US and EU together would force companies and actually enforce it, and then individuals wouldn’t have to be the one doing that research (which in some ways is impossible really)
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
I try to do my "good deed" for the day every day. Lately that involves a lot of pretty heavy conversations with my staff, a lot of whom are struggling with mental health through the pandemic. Currently helping someone get help for alcoholism. They've been sober 4 weeks now and we've gotten past a lot of the physical symptoms. I've learned to draw certain lines though as quite often in the past I would help others to the detriment of myself.Environmentally I try my best to make my impact on the planet as positive as possible. When I inherited my father's home after he passed away I spent a considerable amount of money getting it to the point where it was a net producer of electricity and sold that back to the grid. I'm not perfect on this front by any means. I still drink bottled water despite living in a country with some of the best drinkable tap water in the world. I'm working on that.
Like I said, I choose to work for an employer that reflects those 2 facets. They have a pretty comprehensive corporate responsibility statement and ethical policies.
I'm a trade unionist. Old school, worker's rights, workplace conditions etc.
Your staff is probably all alcoholics because they have to work with you
Originally posted by jaden_2.0He's what you do. Take a big bottle of water,or a few small bottles and once you're finished, keep the bottle, fill it up with tap water and put it in the fridge. Boom, no waste, constant bottled water. They're refillable too. 😛
I try to do my "good deed" for the day every day. Lately that involves a lot of pretty heavy conversations with my staff, a lot of whom are struggling with mental health through the pandemic. Currently helping someone get help for alcoholism. They've been sober 4 weeks now and we've gotten past a lot of the physical symptoms. I've learned to draw certain lines though as quite often in the past I would help others to the detriment of myself.Environmentally I try my best to make my impact on the planet as positive as possible. When I inherited my father's home after he passed away I spent a considerable amount of money getting it to the point where it was a net producer of electricity and sold that back to the grid. I'm not perfect on this front by any means. I still drink bottled water despite living in a country with some of the best drinkable tap water in the world. I'm working on that.
Like I said, I choose to work for an employer that reflects those 2 facets. They have a pretty comprehensive corporate responsibility statement and ethical policies.
I'm a trade unionist. Old school, worker's rights, workplace conditions etc.
Originally posted by Blakemore
He's what you do. Take a big bottle of water,or a few small bottles and once you're finished, keep the bottle, fill it up with tap water and put it in the fridge. Boom, no waste, constant bottled water. They're refillable too. 😛
Will need to get an actual refillable bottle as you're not supposed to reuse single use bottles for too long as the plastic degrades and contaminates the water.
Originally posted by ScribbleI think this is a fantastic question.
The big question here really is: does anybody actually have ethics? Because ethics tend to inform political positions. I feel like most people here have political loyalties, but no actual innate ethics, instead basing their political beliefs upon those of the tribe they serve.
Honestly I do try to put my ethics into informing my politics choosing the ones I think have the best outcome more the most people.
For instance healthcare, getting rid of income inequality, saving the environment, affordable education.