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For only $250, a child can learn all about the functions of a meth-lab! Based off of AMC’s hit TV show Breaking Bad, Dutch-based company Citizen Brick created the SuperLab. The SuperLab is a miniature Lego set of Breaking Bad’s characters and meth-lab.
Is it ethical for companies to sell explicit content toys? In the perspective of the company, they are intelligently exploiting a hot trend. In a profit-driven capitalist society, this is a logically sound plan. However, for consumer stakeholders, there are more harms than good. The only real benefit of the SuperLab is the personal satisfaction of being able to flaunt one’s love for the show. Some significant harms of the product though, include exposing children to drug-related content and being taken advantage of by a greedy business (who pays $250 for a Lego set…). Thus, this product seems completely unnecessary to sell because it is not worth risking a child’s future for an overpriced collector’s item.
In the end, the root of the issue derives from the question of whether or not businesses have a social responsibility to society. I believe that businesses should always try to be ethical, even if it means losing some profit.
Source:
http://www.businessinsider.com/breaking-bad-meth-lab-toy-set-2013-9