"A corporate executive’s responsibility is to his stockholders – to maximize profit, market share and power. If he can do that by paying starvation wages to women who’ll die in a couple of years because their working conditions are so horrible, he’s just doing his job. It’s the job that should be questioned." (Noam Chomsky.)
Does It’s the job that should be questioned mean that the job in question is somehow dodgy, dishonest?
Anonymous Does It’s the job that should be questioned mean that the job in question is somehow dodgy, dishonest? It means we should ask a lot of questions about the job of a corporate executive, including those you mentioned ( Is it honest? Is it moral?
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AnonymousDoes It’s the job that should be questioned mean that the job in question is somehow dodgy, dishonest?
It means we should ask a lot of questions about the job of a corporate executive, including those you mentioned (Is it honest? Is it moral?).
CJ