Unethical Behavior in the Real World

CADBURY   By the late 19th century, Cadbury had become a renowned chocolate manufacturer and humanitarian enterprise with a model factory in Bournville providing accommodating working conditions (Coe and Coe 242). However, Cadbury was soon swept into a controversy surrounding claims of slavery on São Tomé and Principe, one of the firm’s major suppliers of cacao. The documentation of Joseph Burtt, who was appointed by Cadbury to visit São Tomé, was not published until almost a decade after William Cadbury first learned of slave labor in the islands. This delay as well as the firm’s deferment of boycotting São Toméan cocoa brings to question the company’s business ethics. Ethical scrutiny should extend not only to the Cadbury corporation but also to the Portuguese and British political bodies; however, a principal cause of the delayed and arduous path to reform stemmed from Cadbury’s prioritization of business incentives over moral practices. British journalist...

EXPLOITING WORKERS !!  There are many ways that businesses engage in unethical conduct, exploiting their workers, their customers, and even the public at large.  Some businesses choose to increase the profits for the owners at the expense of their workers. This is  exploitation . Some of the ways that they do this are arguably unethical and some are blatantly illegal. They may pay their workers low wages, encouraging them to subsidize their income with food stamps and welfare at the taxpayers' expense. Or they may manufacture their goods overseas in countries that don't have labor laws that protect their workers, including allowing forced labor for children as young as five years old. Some companies have been found guilty of violating the wage and labor laws in the United States, forcing hourly workers to work off the clock or risk losing their jobs, or firing workers who complain about violations of the wage laws.  It is  U nethical behaviour !!...