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[nano] Corsair
Nov. 23rd, 2009 08:32 pmAll right. Back to this. Also, I need icons. Also, holy shit I left off on page 49 of 84. Oi. Also, um. Something. I need icons. Possibly of Valerie/Ran, or ... well, those are the only two I have cast, so hey.
Anyway. More.
"I'll be in my office."
No one asked. No one blinked. No one looked around beyond the moment it took to nod and register her presence, acknowledge it, and get back to their work. Valerie moved into the tiny office adjoining the bridge and sat down, trying not to punch anything.
Corporate police. Corporate court.
The biggest problem she had with the corporate court is that they weren't interested in justice. They weren't interested in fair and balance except as it applied to a balanced set of books, and preferably one that wasn't identifiable as doctored. They were interested in punitive damages, remuneration and recompense, equal columns and a good tally. They weren't interested in human beings. They weren't interested in keeping people safe except that safe and healthy employees, satisfied employees, was good for their bottom line.
It was a theoretically good system. If they did everything to protect their bottom line they would do everything to keep their people safe and happy. The problems cropped up when people decided that what they needed to be safe and happy was money, and the bigger corporations had more of that than the smaller. They had the luxury of buying off problems, setting that precedent, solving things by throwing cash at them. Whether the them was a person, a group of people, a grieving family, or a smaller company.
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Anyway. More.
"I'll be in my office."
No one asked. No one blinked. No one looked around beyond the moment it took to nod and register her presence, acknowledge it, and get back to their work. Valerie moved into the tiny office adjoining the bridge and sat down, trying not to punch anything.
Corporate police. Corporate court.
The biggest problem she had with the corporate court is that they weren't interested in justice. They weren't interested in fair and balance except as it applied to a balanced set of books, and preferably one that wasn't identifiable as doctored. They were interested in punitive damages, remuneration and recompense, equal columns and a good tally. They weren't interested in human beings. They weren't interested in keeping people safe except that safe and healthy employees, satisfied employees, was good for their bottom line.
It was a theoretically good system. If they did everything to protect their bottom line they would do everything to keep their people safe and happy. The problems cropped up when people decided that what they needed to be safe and happy was money, and the bigger corporations had more of that than the smaller. They had the luxury of buying off problems, setting that precedent, solving things by throwing cash at them. Whether the them was a person, a group of people, a grieving family, or a smaller company.
( Read more... )