Ethical issues in business
In recent times there have being an enormous public outcry about the level of rot an decay that have engulfed the contemporary corporate American environment. Coupled with this has been the massive debate about what it is and what it is not; its origin; motivation and a host of other issues surrounding it. Nevertheless, one thing is certain the fall in ethical standards in our social fabric is clearly being manifested in the level of corporate filth that is disgusting everybody.
Inasmuch as much as the public is so appalled by the unhealthy developments in our corporate environment, it is prudent to take a critical look at all the contending issues that have contributed in bring us this low. Does the daily influx of media reportage of widespread criminal representation, tax evasion and a whole lot of fraudulent actions by the supposed men and women of our corporate environment cast a spell of doom on our corporate system? Have our corporate environment being besieged by a bunch of infidel corporate leaders? According to recent psychological findings, the human nature by its inherent weakness if left untrained can easily succumb to the pressures of misconduct. In order words, it should be understood that no corporate executive has ever been nor will ever be a model of celestial perfection. Much of the forces that influence group and individual behaviors are largely a result of the prevailing environment; the daily situations we encounter has the propensity to alter even the most well intended motives of an individual thus making us susceptible to unethical conducts.
The advent of globalization and its attendant widespread sweeping reforms across all sectors of the human spectrum will provide the basis for the discourse in this section. In view of the complexities in our world today it has become somewhat difficult to reconcile the abstract features of traditional understanding of ethics to the changing realities of our time. In any case this limitation should not impede any effort to address the subject exhaustively. It should also be noted that all attempts to legislate ethical conduct has being treated with hostility. The problem with any attempt to legislate ethics is that ethics in its imperative form is very abstract. To overcome this difficulty, it is prudent to look at within the
Recalling the historical trend of Company Q, it is not difficult to discern that social responsibility is an issue that way down its priority list. In saying this, the justification behind this assertion is the reluctance of the management of the company to immediately furnish their clients with all the relevant agro and nutritional components of their products. By this action, management provides enough room for the possible speculation of a hidden clandestine agenda.
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