The ethical standards of Goal-based, Human Nature, Rights-based, Duty-based, and Human Nature Ethics, provide a good framework for an analysis of these ethical challenges, and also point to possible solutions. It is unrealistic to expect a drug corporation, made of many different people, with disparate ethical bases, to have an externally-focused ethical code. A corporation is mostly concerned with self-perpetuation. Most corporations are amoral, in the larger context. Goal-based ethics provide a good rationale for the conduct of pharmaceutical companies.
Negative public perception has been the catalyst driving the tobacco industry to incorporate corporate social responsibility (CSR) within their strategies and operations to alleviate their unethical public image. However, the effectiveness and genuine credibility of their attempts in doing so are to be questioned. This essay encompasses the questionable attempts of tobacco companies to implant corporate social responsibility within the roots of their operations, with particular focus on major companies such as Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco (BAT). The evaluation of their attempts will be analysed in accordance to various ethical principles of the Global Business Standards Codex (GBSC) - transparency, citizenship and responsiveness principles. The central contradiction between corporate social responsibility and tobacco companies is the inherent fact that smoking kills (Friedman 2009).
Smoking should be made illegal in Canada. Making smoking illegal is the right choice because first and second hand smoke can physically harm people, the government and Canadians would benefit financially, and it would help protect Canada’s youth from being affected by smoking. To begin, over the years researchers and scientists have concluded that smoking is indeed bad for one’s health. First, smoking is the cause of many harmful illnesses. Kids Health website states, “Over the long term, smoking leads people to develop health problems like heart disease, stroke, emphysema (breakdown of lung tissue), and many types of cancer.” (“Smoking”).
Abstract In this essay is to discuss Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by using Anglo-American and Primark as examples. Both companies have a strict policies on ethical behavior which can be used as a catalyst in how to conduct business ethically. Some of the key things I will emphasize what is meant by ethical business. Then I will analyze is how Anglo American and Primark apply ethics into their business. Moreover, The costs and benefits to an organization when they behave ethically.
These tactics included utilizing strategies that had proven successful in the US prior to the decline of tobacco, fear mongering and exploiting the shortcomings of these populations including their high illiteracy rates and poverty (Landman, 2010). It is clear from these practices that an ethical dilemma arises at the corporate level when these businesses in the tobacco industry must weigh the survival of their company against public safety. However, in utilizing these strategies, tobacco corporations are
Taking in the situation and seeing that “Sycamore Pharmaceuticals to come under fire for promoting its popular rheumatoid arthritis drug, Osteoporin, for the treatment of other diseases like Crohn’s disease and lupus”. (Daft, R.L.) John Blake, a worker of Sycamore Pharmaceuticals, is faced with telling the truth to the Food and Drug Administration or to continue to lie for the company. There are many things I would suggest to John Blake and the first thing would to be honest with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because keeping your morals straight will also look better. It is possible for John to be penalized or he could lose his employment with the company.
Besides, the cost paid by government for diseases caused by cigarette is far bigger than its tax income. From these negative impacts, either on people’s health, environment or economy, it is expected for society to increase their awareness toward several disadvantages caused by cigarette. It becomes our duty to solve these problems together with environmental organization, researchers, and cigarette factory itself so that there will be no the aggrieved sides.
Assignment 2: The Coca-Cola Company Struggles with Ethical Crises Laurie Robin Dr. Jack Brown HRM522: Law, Ethics and Advocacy for HrPro February 3, 2012 The Coca-Cola Company Struggles With Ethical Cases Abstract The Coca-Cola Company is one of the most valuable brand names worldwide and has generally excelled as a business over its long history. However, the company has had difficulties meeting its financial obligations and has faced numerous ethical issues. Some companies have lost faith in the company. For example, Warren Buffet, a board member and supporter resigned from the board in 2006. Coca-Cola has been accused of unethical behavior in several areas such as product safety, anti-competitiveness, racial discrimination, channel stuffing, distributor conflicts, intimidation of union workers, pollution, and depletion of natural resources.
Caldwell et al. (2006) noted that the duties of stewards were fraught with a complex set of ethical obligations. Many professional codes of ethics or rules are supposed to govern the ways and actions or conduct of laws given by the professionals within a professional business for you. Group of professionals generally sets these rules so that their professional peers see anyone who violations one of these rules of conducts are in violation of this rule as disapproval. The moral ethical standards of a society provide the basic guidelines for corporate ethical stewardship existence and allow us to resolve conflicts by social existence and allow us to resolve conflicts by appeal to shared principles of justification.
The ethics section is followed by an analysis of the emerging field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) accounting and auditing, an area that might provide answers for companies with challenges similar to those Nike encountered. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS When Nike began using traditional advertising methods to broadcast its production practices in response to activist criticism, it began to tread an ethically challenging path. Traditional advertising ethics are insufficient when applied to corporate social responsibility disclosure because the role of “company” intertwines with the role of “citizen,” which is held to a higher ethical standard. Corporate citizens are companies acting in behalf of a social interest, which may or may not affect revenues. These socially beneficial actions raise the ethical standard for such companies because of purportedly