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1. tedivm · 1790700196 · focus · HN ↗

   ProPublica had one of their reports work with gambling addition experts to see how DraftKings would respond to someone presenting signs of a gambling problem. It's a hell of a read, and makes it clear that this company is full of people with absolutely no ethics whatsoever.

   <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.propublica.org&#x2F;article&#x2F;draftkings-sports-gambling-problem-vip-fanduel" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.propublica.org&#x2F;article&#x2F;draftkings-sports-gamblin...

   1. groestl · 1790702969 · focus · HN ↗

      IMHO one shouldn&#x27;t expect a company to have any ethics to achieve a positive outcome for society. This needs to be baked into the rules (taxes, regulation, ...), so the ethical behavior becomes the rational behavior.

      1. Barrin92 · 1790703337 · focus · HN ↗

         companies are a fiction made out of people, they don&#x27;t have anything, and regardless what the rules are I expect those people to behave ethically at any given time.

         I&#x27;m not entirely sure when people started to have this idea that when they walk through a company door, as if this is some magical portal into the realm of amorality, give up their human responsibilities and faculties

         1. tonyhart7 · 1790704142 · focus · HN ↗

            &quot;I&#x27;m not entirely sure when people started to have this idea that when they walk through a company door, as if this is some magical portal into the realm of amorality, give up their human responsibilities and faculties&quot;

            how can you became this naive ???? this is literally a company that get profit when you a lose

            for their ethics, its inline with company mission

            1. 1718627440 · 1790705335 · focus · HN ↗

               This is not a naive take. He doesn&#x27;t say there can&#x27;t be bad people&#x2F;companies, he says the ethics of a company are the ethics of their constituents.

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