Description
Write a paper in which you:
- Analyze the following questions associated with your chosen case study and discuss them using concepts you learned in this course.
- What ideals, effects, and consequences are at stake?
- Have any moral rights been violated?
- What would a Utilitarian recommend?
- What would a Kantian recommend?
- Explain your rationale for each of your answers to your chosen case study with supporting evidence.
- Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Determine the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.
- Analyze selected business situations using the predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to guide ethical business decision making.
- Determine the implications and impact of various civil liberty laws in the workplace, such as hiring, promotion, discipline, discharge, and wage discrimination.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics.
- Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using proper writing mechanics.
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Running head: SNIFFING GLUE COULD SNUFF PROFIT CASE STUDY
Sniffing Glue Could Snuff Profit Case Study
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Summary
H.B Fuller Company is a company that has been leading in the market by selling different
kinds of adhesives and glues commercially. The glue is used to hold together different items,
from disposable diapers and cigarettes to cars. The company has however been receiving
criticism that it has failed in its moral obligations because some people have been using these
products for the unintended purpose (Shaw, 2016). Some homeless children have been misusing
the products especially Resistol, which is one of the company’s leading products and becoming
addicted. Advocates of child-welfare have been urging the company to change its ingredients so
as to stop children from abusing the glue. However, the company has resisted changing the
ingredients despite the fact that the company posts itself as a socially responsible company by
contributing to charity and by engaging in practices that promote a safe environment. On its side,
the company argues that changing the ingredients will reduce the effectiveness of the glue and
possibly irritate its legitimate customers. The company however responded by not selling the
glue to small-scale users and retailers, by changing the formula of Resistol, and by replacing
toluene, which is the sweet-smelling substance with cyclohexane (Shaw, 2016). The critics are
not yet satisfied by these moves and term them as image polishing.
Effects, Ideals, and Consequences at Stake
If the company will continue to sell and distribute the product, it means that more
children will get addicted to the subst...
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