Show HN: Suitocracy – A website for rating and ranking corporate conduct

by cknight • 10 years ago

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cknight2• 10 years ago

I couldn't find a place online where I could easily get an overview of how a corporation was conducting itself ethically. Instead I would find information and impressions from a mix of news websites, Reddit, HN, blogs, and try to piece things together from there. Suitocracy aims to be a single place where anyone can find and contribute information on a per company basis.

While there are a number of corporate reputation ranking systems and the like, they tend to use a lot of information provided by the companies themselves and often consider "reputation" as encompassing profitability, innovation, marketing prowess, and other factors which I don't think tell us all that much about good corporate citizenship. Some only list companies that sign up to be listed.

For the time being I've limited the scope to just big companies in the tech sector (with a few borderline cases such as Uber and Tesla, since they're of interest). The plan of course is to eventually list big companies from all industries.

So, I am hoping my friends have left enough content on there to demonstrate the idea sufficiently. It's that old chicken and egg scenario with user-generated content, I suppose. In any case, I would love some feedback, and am happy to answer any questions, technical or conceptual.

fiatjaf2• 10 years ago

Why can't we have something like this for individuals?

cknight2• 10 years ago

Someone made something like that: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/psychol...

I'll note they seem to have pivoted a lot since then, which isn't a surprise. When I first read about it at the time, it sounded like an easy way to get yourself in all kinds of trouble with various issues. Defamation suits in particular. In Australia, the website is liable for what its users post, unlike in the US.

Legal issues aside though, the potential for harm seems overwhelming when there is an individual focus, as opposed to a corporate or institutional one.

fiatjaf2• 10 years ago

It's bad that they had to pivot. I agree with all the visions they has for the product in the start, and I can't see why something like Karma is accused of being so dangerous.

Show HN: Suitocracy – A website for rating and ranking corporate conduct

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