One writer in mainstream news, discussing the issue of the death of CEO Brian Thompson, blamed the issue on the parent company - UnitedHealth Group - headed by CEO Andew Witty. The columnist also lamented Thomson as a guy who came up from the working/middle class and said if he didn't do what the parent company wanted he'd be ousted and someone else would simply do the same.

Perhaps. But this ignores the lack ethics and morality in business now, spearheaded by the evil Jack Welch and despicable Milton Friedman with their view that corporations only responsibility is to "shareholder value."

There was a time when corporate CEOs considered "STAKE HOLDER" values- the community in which the business operated, the employees that worked for the company and then also the stock holders. No longer.

It's too bad Thomson was killed but he also had choices. He could have pushed back on the service denial system and tried to nudge his company to operate more ethically. He didn't. He didn't stand up for any moral or ethical business operation as it affected desparate people in the health care environment.

He also abandoned his working/middle class background as he garnered compensation to the tune of an excess of $10million a year!