Tech Company Ethics

Yes, sad that ethical behavior in companies buys no upside.

Everyone, including companies do have ethical standard, its just they might not be aligned with your ethics.

It's troubling that companies don't see this as unethical at best.

Yeah, it's one of those companies that are really asking for it. In some cases it's hard to do the ethical thing :).

but i would like to think there is a ethical point of profit (I.E. credit card companies in my mind lack a company '"ethical backbone")

first you say its not your idea of breaking ethics, then you say how so many startups have (my word here) unscrupulous practices.the fact that people are doing it does not make it ethically sound.

You're going to need to explain how all of the unethical actions of Tech companies don't count for your statement to make sense.

"Right now there's this thing where ethics aren't what they used to be. This idea that people are trying to replace the ideas of good and bad, with better or worse." -Dave ChappelleWhat you're writing should naturally lead to the conclusion that working for Google, Meta, Verizon, AT&T etc are all in the category of companies one shouldn't strive to use their hard earned talents for. For some reason I cannot fathom, you seem to land on the idea that Palantir i

Wouldn't that create an incentive for successful companies to be unethical?

I don't think that applies. There is been ethical questionability in almost every company. If not their business model then some of their actions. "It's just business" is the mantra. I think most people are smart enough to understand even if they are taking a salary from the company.