Offer to supply them with the bottle of water at a cost of $3.00. They won’t buy it, leaving you to continue worrying about splitboard bindings, quickly forgetting bottles of water and ethics. 😉

Yo Will,

I’ m no fan of Darth Vader’s old company either, but this summer this super rich guy who had invested heavily in Halliburton (which we had discussed) gave me a fat tip “complements of Halliburton.” I couldn’t say no…

Good luck with your moral quandary, but if you take the work be sure to tell them they gotta wait for all the splitter to get their binders.

peace,

David

It seems to me that you’ve all been missing the point of Will’s request. He has no moral quandary; he knows he isn’t going to take part in the work. He merely wants to know how he should respond, does he tell them in no uncertain terms why or does he politely decline.
The “nutter” in me says give-’em-hell…but the realist says if you’re going to decline do so politely.

on the other hand, maybe you could “wipe” with the offer letter and send it back to them.

😛 Gary

Will, I know that your bindings won’t make you filthy rich, but they have surely endeared you to us… I congratulate you for bringing this to our attention. This is another great example of the greater inter-connectedness of “everything” in todays world. It’s a small world we keep and a small world we must try and respect. The subversive possibilities of this request might not be apparent; they might need a change of dress. There still remains the idea of infiltrating The Corporation to further our needs. Maybe Chaney needs a Chugach spine drop to set him straight or bury him. fuck it, dude, let’s go bowling

@Will wrote:

I think Eco’s quandary is tougher. It seems to me that lots of environmental engineers are hired to just keep a company barely in compliance, or provide the illusion thereof. I encourage you to tell them what they need to hear to get yourself in the door and then fight the good fight from there on out. Getting canned for doing the right thing is an honor! Our bad neighbor here in big sky, the yellowstone club, is setting a really poor example http://www.wildrockiesalliance.org/news/2007/01-27-most_expensive_house.html
Perhaps if they had you on board they wouldn’t have such a bad rep.

I think there is a balance to be found for sure. I’ve been in the industry for ~13 years and am happy to say my ethics have never been compramised nor have I been pressured to turn my head, so to speak. I definetely feel like I’ve been lucky to have had pretty darn good employers. Not to say that I didn’t have a big say in who I’ve worked for though. It’s kinda like pickin your wife. Don’t complain if you pick a little bitch. 😆

All that said, I have a hard time envisioning myself working for an extraction company.

With 6 billion people on the planet it is hard to believe that any one of us makes a difference. However the act of pausing to contemplate the effects of our actions on others and the environment creates an opportunity for something positive to happen.

Holy Crap 😯 😯 ❗

a political thread that never once got hostile – has to be a record.