Future Ethical Considerations Discussion and reply to Jeffrey and Edwards Discussion

FUTURE ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS DISCUSSION:

As the world continues to become more global because of technological advances, the risks will increase.  Choose one of the global risk areas: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, or technological. Then choose a specific issue related to the global risk area.

· Describe the ethical issue.  

· Evaluate how the risk could best be mitigated.

Your response must be a minimum of 300 words.

Use at least one scholarly or credible source.

· The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ posts and respond to at least two of your peers by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. You are encouraged to post your required replies early during the week to promote more meaningful interactive discourse in the discussion. In your responses, give additional suggestions to help mitigate your classmate’s chosen ethical issue.

Your responses must be a minimum of 150 words.

JEFFREYS DISCUSSION PLEASE RESPOND:

· Describe the ethical issue.

Climate change is a global environmental issue that will continue to have future ethical considerations for everyone including individuals, businesses, and governments. As described by Esty and Bell (2018), greenhouse gas emissions threaten to raise seal levels and overall warming. This results in rainfall patterns changing which leads to more floods, droughts, and wild fires. There is overwhelming scientific consensus of the problem and 195 countries have signed the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Most business leaders were skeptical about climate change and were defensive about environmental requirements as recent as 1992. They saw climate change controls and regulations as being bad for business.

Evaluate how the risk could best be mitigated.

Today, a growing number of businesses leaders now recognize the value of environmental protection. A growing number of businesses now incorporate environmental sustaining elements into their day-to-day corporate strategy. Esty and Bell (2018) mentioned that Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric, declared that climate change is real and that reducing emissions makes business sense as well as environmental sense.

Hundreds of US companies have announced that they will support the Paris Agreement and commit to reducing their emissions. Corporate leaders are now recognizing that companies cannot thrive in societies that have health problems which climate change is likely causing. Esty and Bell (2018) noted that corporate leaders are also now recognizing that a strategic focus on environmental issues can also pay off in the marketplace. Businesses can reduce waste, improve production practices, minimize scrap, and increase resource productivity. All of these can cut costs and strengthen their competitive position. This is a good business strategy while also being good for the environment.

As Esty and Bell (2018) put it, “the future health and welfare of the United States and the rest of the world is at stake” (p. 583). Most of the business world has changed their thinking and approach towards climate change. They now regard it as a good, not a bad, thing. Many corporate leaders now support greenhouse gas emission controls and are ready to strategically shift towards a clean energy future.

Reference:

Esty, D., Bell, M. (2018). Business Leadership in Global Climate Change Responses. American Journal of Public Health, 580-584.

EDWARDS DISCUSSION REPLY :

· When it comes to ecommerce, retail companies are able to expand their services almost worldwide where consumers can purchase shoes, clothing, electronics, jewelry, etc. at the click of a button. To increase profit while lowering the cost to sell the goods, wealthy companies in and outside of the United States rely heavy on poor countries to make and package their products in order to lower administrative costs which allows shareholders and company execs to gain more profit. The bad thing is that kids are often being used to meet those stats and they are working in harsh working environments which are considered sweatshops. What is morally wrong about this situation is that children are being forced to work at such an early age instead of going to school which will increase their literacy and numeracy skills. Kids in Afghanistan ranging from “ages 5 and 14 work for a living or to help their families. Many are employed in jobs that can result in illness, injury, or even death due to hazardous working conditions and poor enforcement of safety and health standards” (“Hazardous Child Labor in Afghanistan”, 2016).

Because child labor is legal in a lot of foreign countries, kids who die on the job often go unnoticed. “Oxfam International and Human Rights Watch enacted a boycott to force Indian rug producers to abandon child labor that violates global ethic standards such as the Global Sullivan Principles, and the Fair Labor Association Workplace Code of Conduct” (Ballet, Bhukuth & Carimentrand, 2014, p. 10.1). This ethical dilemma can be reduced if those organizations crack down on those sweatshops and not allow profitable organizations to get off cheap where they are less than minimum wage to make profits. Since there are strict child labor laws within the United States that do not allow children to work until they are 16 while having strict regulations about what work duties they can perform, the same laws should be used for child labor. Any company that breaks the laws of child labor in foreign countries should be penalized with heavy fines and prosecution.

References

(2016, Jul. 14). Hazardous child labor in Afghanistan. Retrieved from https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/07/14/they-bear-all-pain/hazardous-child-labor-afghanistan (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Ballet, J., Bhukuth, A., & Carimentrand, A. (2014). Child labor and responsible consumers: From boycotts to social labels, illustrated by the Indian hand-knotted carpet industry. Business & Society, 53(1), 71–104. doi: 10.1177/0007650311416070

WEEK 6 RESOURCES THAT CAN BE USED:

Text

Gonzalez-Padron, T. (2015). Business ethics and social responsibility for managers  [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/

· Chapter 10: Looking Forward

Article

Usnick, L., & Usnick, R. (2013). Compliance program auditing: The growing need to insure that compliance programs themselves comply. Southern Law Journal, 23(2), 311-327. Retrieved from https://library.ashford.edu/ezproxy.aspx?url=http%3A//search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true%2526AuthType=ip,cpid%2526custid=s8856897%2526db=a9h%2526AN=91024536%2526site=ehost-live Accessibility Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.            Privacy Policy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Recommended Resources

Articles

Andrei, C. L., Tigu, G., Dragoescu, R. M., & Sinescu, C. J. (2014, November). Analysis of medical tourism for cardiovascular diseases. Amfiteatru Economic, (8)16, 1136-1150. Retrieved from https://library.ashford.edu/ezproxy.aspx?url=http%3A//search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true%2526AuthType=ip,cpid%2526custid=s8856897%2526db=eoh%2526AN=EP99552553%2526site=ehost-live

· The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the EBSCOhost database in the Ashford University Library. This article analyzes and cause and effect of increased medical tourism. It will be useful in completing discussion two this week.

 

Jagyasi, P. (2012). Understanding ethical issues of medical tourism (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. DrPrem.com. Retrieved from http://www.drprem.com/ueimt/understanding-ethical-issues-of-medical-tourism.html