The Green

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Businesses that work in private security firms, weapon manufacturing, intelligence technology and bodyguard services are doing better than ever. In fact, not only are these companies growing more rapidly than green [www.sundancechannel.com] companies, they are many times more stable investments. Corporations with enormous budgets and their global business interests have created an enduring demand for security firm services and products. Couple this market fortune with no-bid government contracts and lucrative pentagon contracts and you can see why the security industry is growing faster than any other sector of the market.

It is understandable that financial advisers lead their clients towards investment in a safer security company rather than an investment in a green energy [www.sundancechannel.com] company. However, profitability does not make a business ethic morally defensible. As we can see in the case of the Blackwater security company operating out of Iraq, a US company working alongside the US Armed Forces can become a liability in foreign relations. Would you want to invest in a company like Blackwater? How do you know that your security firm stock of choice is not conducting their business similarly to Blackwater?

Ultimately, nothing is cut and dry, and in many ways, security firms provide valuable services and products in a dangerous world, but it is important to remember that violence begets violence. Bodyguards, guns, fortress walls, satellite spy programs and hidden cameras can combat the symptoms of a dangerous world, but can they treat the causes of danger in the world? Green [www.sundancechannel.com] industry principles are concerned with pollution, unfair labor practices, wasted energy, sustainable [www.sundancechannel.com] use of resources and many other strategies that promote a healthy world and an efficiently profitable businesses. Does the value of an investment increase when that investment would improve the health and labor conditions in the world?

Let us know whether you agree or disagree and if you are curious to see what inspired this post, check out the following story from The Guardian [www.guardian.co.uk].