Is retaining business ethics more important than maximizing the profit in a business? When I mention the word “business,” I certainly implied to the purpose of a business – money. But should a company violates its business ethics in order to maximize the profit?
Today in China, many grocery products are “recycled.” A typical example is oil, which can be used for several days or can be reused after a special method of refining. Of course, this type of oil is too cheap, that a restaurant can earn a much larger profit. On the other hand, the oil is detrimental to people’s health, causing many common health issues. My dad, who is a restaurant owner in China, always concerns about customer’s health as his responsibility. While earning a small profit from the expensive cost of high quality food the restaurant has imported, he still persist to provide his best to the customers. After a few years, his restaurant’s brand name became noted, and the resource of customers only grew larger and larger.
In my opinion, morality always goes before money, because morality might bring you fame and wealth, while money cannot give you the wealth to buy success and fame.