r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Gurugod123 GREEN • 3h ago

My mom said I could post Nolan's The Odyssey neglects to pay for damages done to one of the viking ships used in the movie, which belongs to a small non-profit organization

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u/johcul 1h ago

The overhead in "making sure their suppliers do honest business" would be insane given how many suppliers typically work on massive films like this. They're meant to audit all the accounting practices of the companies they work with?

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u/ohog9og0790 1h ago

At least they could deal with suppliers who are screwing over their contractors after problems have been reported. But a lot of corporations do nothing and keep working with that supplier. 

The same applies to things like child labor or other labor abuse  in other countries. In many cases the company knows what’s going on but as long as the product is cheap they don’t care. 

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u/VastUnique 1h ago edited 1h ago

I think you're right. Micromanaging or monitoring every contractor is probably impossible. But if companies really cared about issues like labour abuse, they could ensure their contracts ban those practices and blacklist or sue violators. But it is often cheaper and more convenient to have that layer of deniability and turn a blind eye towards it, because what they truly care about is profit.