CEO -- "It's not FAIR!"
"It's that or you go to prison"
CEO -- "Then how in the name of hell am I supposed to control them this way?"
"You could always try being fair and giving them what you promised."
CEO -- "THAT is blackmail!"
"You have your two choices, so choose."
The CEO is ordered by the CRC to either have all of their interactions live-streamed 24 / 7, including board room meetings, work in the office, and so forth, along with auditors working at all hours to make sure CRC law is upheld. Though they do get privacy for sleep and for using the washroom. -- Anon Guest
Control. Manipulation. Deceit. These were the key ingredients to success. And the namby-pamby Galactic Alliance insisted that they were also criminal. Dungal Baebiana thought that they would at least allow some accommodations because he called them in.
He never expected to be treated like a criminal. Having his assets seized and put under new management as they trained him in their ways.
"This is no way to control a workforce," he complained. "I asked you to help me, not to lock me up."
The Alliance tutor sighed and rolled his eyes. He took another deep breath and recited, "You consented to submit to the laws of the Alliance in exchange for our assistance in saving your people."
"Business," Dungal corrected.
Once more, the tired recitation issued forth. "Good business requires good workers. Good workers require a modicum of satisfaction with their work and environment. If you want good business, you need good workers. In order to have good workers, you have to treat them well."
"They have habitats, food, water, and medical assistance," argued Dungal. "What more could they want?"
"You have them in habitats directly attached to their workspace, with medical assistance primarily focussed on making certain they can work. The food and water you supply is directly tied to how much and how well they perform their mandatory tasks. There's no socialisation, no choice, and no option for your workers to quit."
"Well of course. Quitters are death to profits."
"Da capo," said Tutor Falk. "Freedom is good."
"Yes."
"Freedom of choice is also good."
"Work or starve is a choice," offered Dungal.
"It's still not a freedom," insisted Falk. "If, for instance, we told you that you had to obey or laws or be forced into a re-education penitentiary..."
"I called you in! I'm not a criminal! Stop treating me like one! That's not a real choice!"
"Good. So why do you think 'work or starve' is a real choice?"
Dungal could not formulate a rational answer.
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