NewMexiKen wrote earlier about the layoffs at Circuit City. Functional Ambivalent shares my point of view:
There are lots of people — me, for example — who will shun Circuit City because it’s clearly run by people who do not deserve my patronage. Will I pay fifty bucks more for my next refrigerator knowing that my money is going to a company that treats its employees with decency? You bet. Will others? Not everyone, but many. By acting as it has, Circuit City has shrunk its possible market. I choose to exercise my market leverage not only in service to money.
Tom has more.