willyloman,
I wasn't totally ignored. After all, SixofNine did recall his motivations for attending the Kingdom Hall.
After my post on this thread, I was mulling over HillaryStep's thought that large organizations can be sociopathic. Coincidentally, while reading a book called Simple Prosperity by David Wann, I came across this paragraph:
For example, former New York attorney Robert Hinkley has drafted twenty-eight words--a "do-no-harm" clause--that he believes should be inserted into all corporate charters. This clause would take away CEO's chronic excuse for antisocial, antienvironmental behavior: that they are just "serving their shareholders."
Here is the clause, a "Code of Corporate Citizenship." The twenty-eight words are bolded.
The duty of directors henceforth shall be to make money for shareholders but not at the expense of the environment, human rights, public health and safety, dignity of employees, and the welfare of the communities in which the company operates .
This could be easily adapted for non-profit corporations, too.
I'll also share two quotations cited in Wann's book:
I'm not sure if my involvement in causes, benefits, marches, and demonstrations has made a huge difference, but I know one thing: that involvement has connected me with the good people: people with the live hearts, the live eyes, the live heads. --Pete Seeger
You never change something by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. --Buckminster Fuller
Ginny