Module 4 Business Ethics - Written Assignment

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Heather Moorehead M4 – Written Assignment 1.) Export capital for production abroad The exporting of capital for production would not be supported by a utilitarian and would be found to be unethical. A utilitarian would argue that by allowing our capital to be produced abroad we would be hurting ourselves domestically by giving up potential jobs to workers internationally and by limiting domestic usage. In today’s economy a company can set up production plants in virtually any country they want, and most tend to go where the cost of labor is least expensive. A utilitarian’s goal is to determine how to obtain “the greatest possible balance of good over bad for everyone effected by our actions” (Shaw & Barry, 2013). American production is a shell of what it once was, and with next to nothing to export, and potential production being lost to overseas cheap labor we will never be able to obtain the level of production that we once had. In addition more times than not the individuals working at the production plants making US products will not make enough money to be able to afford the goods they are helping to produce and because they are paid based on their counties cheap labor rate, although they will have a job they will probably not be paid enough to improve their financial status much if at all. 2.) Export commodities which have been banned from sale in the United States No, a business shouldn’t be able to export commodities that have been banned from the United States. There are reasons that these products have been banned whether its drugs, chemicals or some other product it most likely causes harm to individuals or has some kind of danger to it. Although a company’s main concern is making a profit they still have other responsibilities that also contribute to their profits that they receive. Everything a business does reflects on them in either a good
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