Singapore Government Means Business

Punishing shareholders for the actions of their Government is usually morally fraught - who would want to see BHP smacked down because of Australia's foreign policy?

By a great co-incidence, the Singapore Government that sets the death penalty is also the majority proprietor of a number of businesses, such as Optus (63%), Singapore Airlines (57%) and SP AusNet (100%). This introduces enormous moral clarity to the situation, allowing meanginful, direct consumer action to take place without unwelcome side effects.

Interested consumers can find out the moral culpability (as a percentage) of businesses at this website: http://www.temasekholdings.com.sg/, under "Our Investments".