Putting off...in all aspects, never good

I was having trouble getting my blog account to work at the start of the semester, but I just kept saying 'I'll take care of it later'. And then later turned into later, and so on....But since the purpose of blogging this semester is to discuss issues in design, putting things off raises a good point. If designers keep putting off the fact that design needs to be more ethical, and 'leaving it up to the next guy', then are we ever going to progress? Focus needs to be put on more environmently car parts, instead of how many dvd players and chrome exhaust systems we can cram into the next monsterous sized suv. More emphasis needs to be put into showing people how smoking is bad, and not putting a new friendly, well illustrated camel into every magazine. But without someone saying 'we need to change this', nothing will change. Especially when a company shoves big dollar signs in designers faces. I pose the question, will money always cause designer tunnel vision, or will someone be 'the next guy'.