We have all heard of ‘bad’, unethical or Immoral business practices. The FLOW documentary outlines a number of unethical business practices in relation to water. Business Ethics provides some tools (moral frames) for explaining what makes certain business behaviors unethical, which can assist in ethical decision-making. After viewing FLOW, find a Journal article that meets the following conditions: it is based on one of the moral frames listed In Q AND is relevant to one of the ethical issues you Identify In IQ . The article should help you to deepen your understanding of the Issues and the moral frames.
After viewing FLOW and finding a relevant journal article, answer the following questions in 500 words. (You will probably use a second page). 1 . Identify and briefly describe two major ethical issues from this film. (50 words) The documentary shows that there’s a dam construction in Lesotho makes over 17000 farmers relocated to the arid land which cannot grow anything. The area also lack of fresh water and people can only obtain water from a polluted river. Apparently, the construction is aim to change the living condition, but what the 17000 farmers, what hey going to do now?
The documentary also shows that In India, the Coca Cola Company are dumping toxic waste to local’s crops and water supply. Even the company has already been shut down. But it is still unacceptable that the company sacrifice local people’s natural resource to get a return on their investment. 2. Analyses ONE of your Issues from THREE moral frames: Kant, Utilitarian’s and Human Rights. Use the table below to show your understanding of each frame: on what basis would each theory argue that this issue is unethical? How do the three frames differ in perspective? (350 words)
Issue Kantian view Utilitarian view Human Rights view China’s rapid economic growth brings a series of environment Issue, such as water and alarm pollution, land waste etc. These problem also resulted In challenge to sustainable economic growth. 1. Motive: The reason of development is to make human life better. 2. Basis of will: Find a balance between the sustainable economic growth and environment protection. 3. Reasoned imperatives (commands/principles): When a country is in a period of rapid industrialization, there is a large gap between economic growth and resource consumption.
The solution is always find a balance point in order to solve environmental problems through the development, and promote development by addressing environmental issues. Since the utilitarian view only consider influence for the result of the act, people may consider the economic growth must bring consequence. Which means all the environmental damage are necessary. But under this condition, this view consider as unethical view. Many people around world are suffering from the consequence of pollution. And every aspect of people’s life is affected by pollution and wastefulness.
It is unbelievable that people are having hard time to get natural resource that is essential for human life. The reason of development is to make human life better. And one of the most important symbol is a better environment. But not constantly consume the natural resource to gain economic benefit. The view advocate that environment protection are more important than economic growth. Under this condition, this view consider as ethical view. 3. Provide a full reference of your Journal article, based on Academy of Management style. Chem..
Q. 2012. The Sustainable Economic Growth, Arbitration and Environmental Protection in China. Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table. 4. Provide a very brief summary of the main argument of your article and then discuss how the article deepens your understanding of one of the moral frames and of your issue. (100 words) issues has become increasingly serious and bring series of negative consequences. The article also introduced several effective solution include sustainable development policy and new regulation etc.
