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It's a shame that a country as rich as Switzerland is unwilling to do that first step. I think that would have been a good way to start making corporations take responsibility.

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The majority of the population was actually willing to do this, as it was a referendum that captured 50.3% of the vote. But it also had to capture a majority of the cantons in the country, which it did not do. And so the initiative failed.

The checks and balances against the tyranny of the majority, I guess.

Switzerland didn't get rich by putting ethics before business.

That's true. It got rich by selling weapons to war criminals and hidden bank accounts to tax evaders.

That and chocolate and pharmaceuticals.

It would still be nice for them to make a first step.

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