Companies don't have a will of their own, nor a conscience. The peeple running them do. And, yes, they are expected in America to operate in an ethical fashion. It just seems that many more nowdays resort to what they can get away with instead of doing right for right's sake. But, then, that is what we get when people abandon proper ethics for money.
"Proper Ethics" being employing Havoc, who was a MS Windows "Expert" (who somehow thinks he is outside the dime a dozen box they are in) and now works in a 7-11 slinging slurpees.
The fact his "marketable skills" have been replicated across multiple continents (in his case -- ready? -- MEXICO) and he has never bothered to upgrade them is lost.
Anyone who thought MS "skills" would take them beyond 1 step above burger-flipping deserves his/her life.
I would normally pity him, but his arrogance makes me laugh at him instead.
Okay, for the sake of argument, let's assume that companies once had a conscience. I don't believe this to be so, but let's assume it's true.
That over! No more conscience for companies! They can no longer depend on market share, loyalty from employees or even limited competition. Any company of any size is now operating on a global stage with ultra thin profit margins.
Also, Ford may have paid his employees enough to afford his cars, but again, he was weird. He established something called the Sociological Department at Ford. Basically, the company could drop in on any employee, at any time they wished to check out living conditions in the employee's home...again, he was a weird duck.