peter_hurford comments on Why Don't People Help Others More? - Less Wrong
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I am confused by the concept here of "Opt-Out Philanthropy" having the example of Bear Sterns. What Bear Sterns did was to require a 4% donation and proof of same. Where is the opt out option, other than quitting?
Alternate frame: Bear Sterns contributed 5% of profits to charity, and directed it proportional to people's salaries, then paid costs to document this in a strange way in order to signal.
Bear Stearns didn't really have an "opt-out" option. To my knowledge, no company has ever publicly implemented a giving requirement and allowed people to opt-out from it.