Excite - Games

I just happened to be on this excite page, playing addiction solitaire, (A very cool game) when the sirens began to wail outside my window. I live just a block from the town fire dept. and am the first (and loudest) to hear the wail of potential disaster. I was stimulated to thought about death as the end of life and the effect of our failure to properly manage our world and it's impact on the lives of people, mainly children. Not just the big things like disasters that tear lives apart, end lives and come like sirocco winds in the night. But more rather, things like allowing any child to "slip through the cracks" and fail to live up to thier true potental. How do we really know that only a few children are "prodigy" class? What if any child, given the advantages of a stable, priviledged life and the benefits of wealth with the focus on intellectual or spiritual development, could become a "prodigy"? Further, what if there is NO life after death? No God, no "second chance" only the end of the existance of that individual for all time and the loss of who and what they might have been? What if psychologically scar's inflicted face-to-face in a moment end the potential life of that human being right then and there? Without possibility of parole? We have been lulled into a false sense of liberality by the idea of sin, immortality, eternal damnation and forgiveness. What if the end product of evolution was to produce human beings that are capable of transending physical existance and expanding to become inhabitants of the universe, and we, with our laziness, stupidity and indiference to anything that doesn't materially affect us directly, are effectively killing off our own species and preventing the individual you just dismissed or ingnored from becoming what we would refer to as "god"? Interesting thought, huh?

The last post was a mind burp. Its a part of a larger concept that I've been nurturing for quite a while, that being the idea of responsibility itself. It is, for the most part, a rather unpopular concept for a lot of people. We all admit to some responsibilities in our lives, to loved ones, friends, family, co-workers and others. Still others feel responsible to the state (any, it doesn't matter which), the community (local state, immediate reality only) or to a God image or religion (super-state, non-local). Yet in spite of all of this we loath to admit to, or positively support the idea of responsibility openly.

I personally believe that we are a species that only thrives when we "get religion" i.e; own up to and recognize a larger responsibility. I don't believe that we need to embellish upon the simple fact that "we" can only survive through common action, common goals and the common good. (ok, just a note: I AM NOt a ComMunIST, (sorry, it seems that every time I broach this subject that's the first thing that gets said, politely of course), If you think that anything that smacks of commonality is communism just try surviving on your own in Antarctica). The simple fact is that the more that we recognize and accept the fact that "we" the human race will only improve with greater levels of personal cooperation and responsibility, the better its gets. I realize that I'm getting a little opinionated, but well, it's a blog, right?

A Statement of Corporate Responsibility

Definition : a body formed and authorized by law to act as a single person although constituted by one or more persons and legally endowed with various rights and duties including the capacity of succession or : an association of employers and employees in a basic industry or of members of a profession organized as an organ of political representation in a corporative state. A corporation organized by one or more licensed individuals (as a doctor or lawyer) especially for the purpose of providing professional services and obtaining tax advantages

1. Responsibility to the Nation

The corporation is responsible to the nation that it is a part of. This is the highest of all of the responsibilities as the nation is the highest entity that the corporation affects. Only when the nation prospers and is strong can the corporation reasonably expect to thrive. This includes the military, economic, and political security, health and growth of the nation. The actions, policies and pursuits of the corporation should, in no way, contravene the best interests of the nation in these matters. The more prosperous, secure and stable a nation is the better the environment will be for all to exist and grow, including the corporation.

a. During times of national crisis, it is reasonable for the nation to call upon the resources of the corporation in order to meet the needs of the crisis. While fair compensation for those resources is to be expected, the corporation should be willing to contribute those resources that are available and that do not represent an undue burden, without expectation of reward or consideration. Compensation for resources should be provided in a timely manner but not to the detriment of the national health or the efforts to meet the crisis.

b. Corporations are citizens. In matters of international trade, business should be conducted in a manner that is in keeping with the foreign policy, security policies and public image of the nation. The business dealing's of the corporation, its actions and policies should in no way reflect negatively on the nation as a whole or lesson its standing in the world community.

c. Corporations, as entities, are subject to all of the laws and statutes in force in the nation that it is a citizen of. There should not be, nor should there be any request of, special dispensation, circumstances or forgiveness in matters of law both civil and criminal. Corporations should be subject to all laws in the same manner as an ordinary citizen.

d. Due to its unique position as a citizen, the corporation should be ready, willing and able to make public the details of its business dealings to the duly appointed representatives of the public trust, both government and private, as required to insure that its dealings are legal, honest and in the best interests of the public good as set forth in this instrument and in accordance with the applicable laws of the nation.

2. Responsibility to the community.

As a citizen, a corporation is a member of one or more communities. As a member of a community, the corporation is a vital, active community member with a great deal of influence on the life, health and good order of that community. If the actions of a corporation are in disharmony with the best interests of the day-to-day life of the community both the community and the corporation will suffer. A positive community environment provides the best possible circumstances for the continued activities of all of its members and the corporation is as responsible to make every reasonable effort to maintain those conditions as any other citizen.
a. In order to maintain a positive community environment all of the members of a community are expected to act in a manner that does, in no way, impede the normal activities of other members of that community. This should include the corporation. The corporation should refrain, in every way possible, from any activity that is disruptive to the community or to other members of that community. In any event where this is not possible, the corporation should make public notice of that fact and entreat the community to act on its own behalf in minimizing the disruption to the community and should be willing to make every reasonable effort to cooperate with the community in ensuring that the disruption is minimized.

b. The corporation is unique in its ability to affect, for good or ill, the future of the community's growth, development and general health. The corporation should take a greater share of the responsibility for its potential influence in these matters and act accordingly. The corporation should never, knowingly, act in a manner to damage the economic, social or political health of the community. Should circumstances force such actions, or actions deemed by the members of the community through the public democratic process, to be taken the corporation should allow the community the time and information necessary to insure the minimization of the effects of those actions.

c. The corporation should in no way act in a manner that would damage, or threaten to damage the natural environment. Any significant degradation of the natural environment represents the degradation of the community's ability to survive and the corporation should not be considered to be exempt from this requirement for any reason of profitability, necessity or opportunity. The corporation should not engage in any activity, operation or create any circumstances that damage or disrupt the normal, reasonability expected, tranquility of the community environment. Corporations should be held fully responsible for any and all actions, operations or circumstances that affect the ecology of the area that the community occupies in such a manner as to endanger either the health of the environment or the health of the members of the community.

d. The corporation should, where reasonable and practical, make every effort to contribute in a meaningful and material way to the general public welfare of the community and its members. Corporations constitute larger and more affective community members and should make contributions that are commensurate with that greater scale.

3. Responsibility to the Employee

As an entity, a corporation is constituted of a number of individuals acting together. It is recognized that these individuals are grouped into two (2) categories: Officers and Employee's. While both are members of the corporation and are remunerated as such there are fundamental differences between them. This document recognizes no differentiation.

a. The corporation provides the primary livelihood of the majority of its members. This renders the corporation primarily responsible for the continued survival, well-being, and economic health of both its employee's as well as their dependents. The corporation should make every effort to insure that the livelihood that it provides is adequate to provide all reasonable needs of its employee's and their dependents including their future security while they continue to be members of that corporation. The corporation should engage in no action that would contravene that security or livelihood in any way.

b. The corporation should make no unreasonable demands upon the time and resources of the employee without the full consent of the employee and fair and full compensation for those demands. The normal operations of the corporation, and the duties of the employee's that constitute those operations should not require any individual employee to make sacrifices of time or effort that are above the efforts of other employee's unnecessarily or without just cause. Any activity that negatively impacts the quality of life of the employee, their families, or dependents must be refrained from except with the full and uncoerced prior consent of that employee and then only for as long as required to accomplish the needed task. Any refusal, unwillingness, or inability on the part of the employee to participate in any activity that constitutes excessive or reasonable effort should, in no way reflect on that employee's standing in the corporation, their level of remuneration or future potential advancement as a result.

c. The corporation is responsible to provide a safe, productive, healthy working environment for its employee's. The conditions, or environment under which an employee is required to perform their duties should in no way constitute a hazard to the health, be unnecessarily stressful or diminish their capacity to be productive. Any conditions which could potentially constitute a hazard in any way which are required to perform those duties should only be engaged in by properly prepared, trained and equipped personnel under controlled circumstances and without coercion.

4. Responsibility to the Shareholders

Shareholders are recognized as groups or individuals who posses a vested interest in the success and future growth of the corporation either through direct investment, stock ownership, or contracted agreement. These individuals or groups are materially affected by the success of the corporation but do not engage in, nor control, the actions or operations of the corporation except in the case of voting rights granted to certain individuals or groups as in stock ownership.

a. The corporation, having received either through the sale of stock or the exchange of value, the investment of individuals or groups who are then, for the purposes of this document and in agreement with its definitions, shareholders, is responsible to insure that those individuals are given full access to any and all information pertinent to the actions, operations and performance of the corporation, in a timely manner and in a comprehensible format, so as to insure that they are able to make informed decisions regarding that corporations actions as how they may affect the future value of their investment.

b. In cases where shareholder are vested with the power of voting in matters pertinent to the business of the corporation information should be provided, in full and in a timely manner, such that the shareholder is empowered to make an informed and impartial decision in regard to the matters at hand and in accordance with the by-laws of the corporation.

c. The success of the corporation forms the basis of the success of the shareholder. All shareholders are, and regardless of the relative value of share, should be considered equal in their stake in the future of the corporation. In that regard, the corporation should in no way, either knowingly or through negligence, endanger the potential future value of the shareholders vested interest.

d. The officers of the corporation are recognized as both employee's and, in many cases majority shareholders. The corporation should not permit, or through inaction allow its officers to permit any action, which would endanger the value of the vested interest of the shareholders. The corporation should in no way, either through preferential treatment or assignation of enhanced rights favor the interests any one shareholder over another nor allow any officer of the corporation in the capacity of shareholder to act in a manner or engage in actions that would materially affect the current or future potential value of the investment of any other shareholder.

Long Bets [ Welcome ]

This is my first post in quite a while and will probibly be my last for a while (work is becomming a 24/7 project). I Thought that this was a rellavent and interesting site. spend some time on the discussion board to get a feel of the general opinion of the future of us and our world.

It seems to me that we are, possibly for the first time, faced with the prospect of having to craft the future rather than just sit in the audience and speculate.