>BUTT, seriously, I don't think moralizing, alone, is going to do
>much for the cause. For one thing, it's incorrect to say that
>"lowest price is given greater weight than ethics". First, lowest
>price *is* ethical. It *is* a moral choice -- you just don't like
>it. :) Neither do I, but I wouldn't call making decision by price
>unethical or even non-ethical.
When I helped run the Unemployed Workers Union Wholefoods, we made sure that we had the lowest prices, as well as the best quality and the most ethical retail products and methods. Horses for courses, some people didn't even notice that our prices were dirt cheap and had trouble accepting it could be so when I explained it. Other people didn't seem to care that the quality of the merchandise was superior, they just cared about cheap.
Other people didn't care about price OR quality, they just wanted to shop at the store run by the unemployed. Like my millionaire landlady. It was trendy to shop there for awhile, to have your shiny new Beamer seen out front of the scruffy shop with all the amateur signwriting and graffiti on the window.
But you can be all things to all people. That's what successful business is all about.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas