• noqturn@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    While I wish it was easy to condemn Unilever for this, I get it. They have a lot of employees in russia and shuttering operations would have a decidedly negative effect on those people, and it’s not like they can prohibit their employees from taking legally required actions.

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      1 year ago

      Then why not say every rouble made in Russia will go to humanitarian aid? I’ll tell you why; it’s because they are still making money by being in Russia. It’s corporate greed through and through. These fuckers make no sacrifice until it hurts their bottom line.

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        1 year ago

        Agreed, but the alternative is not much better. Unilever dips, Russia probably tries to take over their properties and make it a state owned venture.

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          1 year ago

          What part of the last year and a half makes you think the Russian government is capable of taking over and smoothly running a business that pulls out.

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      1 year ago

      “Shuttering operations would have a decidedly negative effect on those people”

      Yeah, that’s why they’re still operating there. It’s for the good of the employees.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not about prohibition, no one wants to be drafted and people are hiding from it, it’s about sharing employees details and location with military recruiters.

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        1 year ago

        Genuine question: where in the article is it mentioned that Unilever is sharing those details? I don’t doubt that they are, but I don’t see that here.

        By no means am I defending Unilever here-I consider myself very anti corporate and I don’t think any company should exist that is the size of Unilever, but the real world is less black and white.