See this story. Remember CEO Mackey's dreams of conscious capitalism? I guess this is what he meant.
"Whole
Foods could afford to offer employees unlimited paid sick time during
the Coronavirus outbreak. Instead, they have suggested that employees
donate their accumulated paid time off to their coworkers."
“'Considering [Whole Foods] is a billion dollar company, I think it
is selfish asking the retail workers to figure it out within
themselves,' a Whole Foods cashier wrote to Motherboard in an email. The
cashier spoke to Motherboard under the condition of anonymity because
they fear retaliation from Whole Foods. 'The response from [Whole Foods
and Amazon] has been quite poor, being a front end cashier I feel like
we are the most exposed to the situation...Some of us have sick family
members [whose] immune system is weak and [it] could be quite dangerous
if they catch this virus.'"
Btw, I specifically deal with Whole Foods and conscious capitalism in my Integral Review paper. E.g.:
"Dawlabani
(2018) still sees Whole Foods’ original intent as integral, but when
its bottom line of profits fell the investors decided to change its
business model, especially after Amazon bought it. 'This real Orange
threat forced Mackey to start thinking differently.' Hence Mackey’s
'long-term prospects of continuing a culture of Conscious Capitalism at
Amazon are highly unlikely.' As I noted above, the dynamics
inherent to capitalism tolerated his conscious approach only as
long as he made them money. When competition drove down its profits and
share price the forces of capitalism drove out the conscious
aspect in favor of its own inherent values. As expected, Mackey
lost the bargain with the devil capitalism, as any such bargain
inevitably will as long as it remains wed to it" (89-90).
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