- Terminate employees for no cause, which can be devastating to families, both financially and emotionally. Income loss for such workers can last the rest of their careers. Does he really have to inflict harm in order for Wells Fargo (and himself) to become even more prosperous?
- Weaken our communities and country by offshoring? What kind of a person is able to rationalize that in his mind? I’m pretty sure our fathers and grandfathers didn’t go to war so that people like Charlie could sell our country out from under us. Shouldn’t protecting the health and well-being of our own nation’s working people be a higher priority than temporary increases to corporate profits??
(Sorry - I don’t buy in to stock the answer that something is okay because others are doing it. The same could be said of everything that is wrong in the world.)
Does our CEO take pride in being able to distance himself from hurting other people in order to make the big bucks? It’s okay to be heartless because his job is to provide value to shareholders?? (I would argue that there are far more fair and ethical ways to accomplish cost-cutting and efficiencies that would ultimately make Wells Fargo a higher quality bank which shareholders and customers could both profit from AND trust.)
**If Charlie has no hesitation or moral conflict to do what he does for money, where does he draw the line?? What won’t he do??**
Does he stiff waitresses on tips?? Stretch the truth to avoid paying taxes?? Inside tips on stocks? Is it okay to dump Wells Fargo trash on the side of highways if it cuts costs? Hide discriminatory practices? Are the buildings we’re working in safe - what if Charlie saved money by not fixing a broken fire sprinkler system?? Resist being honest about our lack of progress towards getting right with the Feds, so he can continue to cash in on Wells Fargo’s weaknesses? Destroy evidence of fraud? Sell customer’s confidential financial data??
Can the man person who lacks moral character and common decency really fix Wells Fargo?? To me, the answer is blatantly obvious.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.