On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:39:42 +0000, Don Tuite wrote:

The argument I'm hearing here is: too many sticks, not enough
carrots." There may be some bad carrots, too.

Of course.

However, I didn't argue that. I merely pointed out that it would be
suicidal for a company to expend extra effort/money on "responsibility" if
some or all of its competition didn't do likewise unless there's some
benefit to doing so.

Whether a carrot provides that benefit or a stick forces all companies to
act this way isn't really by itself interesting. *Which* carrot or
*which* stick is more interesting.

Philosophically, I prefer carrots. But I expect these are actually harder
to get right.

- Andrew