Re: The non-sociopathic business model
The sociopathic business model is based on the WIN-WIN model where the only two parties defined as involved are
the corporations (the sellers) and
the consumers (the buyers). No other parties are recognized, despite other parties being affected by the transactions between buyers and sellers. This binary model is often
actually WIN-LOSE, with the consumers only believing they have a WIN, because they are being deceived by the corporations. Consumers are often lied to about what they are buying, how good the quality is, how long it will last, what the long term effects will be, etc. Often the "lie" is in the form of undisclosed or deliberately withheld information, so that consumers will not know how their purchases may actually harm them. So deception and manipulation are at the heart of the current business model, which is why I refer to it as the sociopathic business model. This is perfectly understandable when you realize that the corporations are usually being led and directed by genuine sociopaths.
So we want to transition to a WIN-WIN-WIN-WIN model, where owners, employees, customers, and the rest of humanity all benefit from a business’ existence. We want to remove the incentives that cause the corporations (the owners) to deceive and manipulate customers (the consumers), employees, and the rest of humanity. We are assuming sociopaths will always manage to rise to the top and lead the corporations, but we are trying to put a framework in place, a set of rules, that will constrain the sociopaths and limit their opportunities to deceive and manipulate the bulk of humanity.
I know... this is asking for the impossible, because sociopaths will find a way around the rules and the framework. It's what they do, and they will never stop doing that. The real solution is to identify sociopaths and disqualify them from positions of power and control, like the leadership positions of corporations. So designing a WIN-WIN-WIN-WIN model is doomed to failure if sociopaths are left unidentified and unmanaged, as they always have been. But such a 4WIN model
would make the sociopaths more visible, precisely because they would always be trying to skirt around the rules and undermine the framework. And that would have value in directing us towards the real solution, which is always to identify and manage the sociopaths.