#1 Business Ethics
Sep 11th, 2012 by Maggie Huang
The business ethics is an controversial problem in the business market which now is full of competitions. Every company wants to beat the others and gains the maximum profit. Companies are struggling between the profits and the legality, or the honesty to the customers. The article “It’s Not That Easy Going Green” talks about the business ethics against the environment. Berry is an ardent environmentalist. He recently discovered that his cotton industry ironically hurting the environment and the food system. As the CEO of Apparel Source Inc., he chooses to follow his passion. He uses the organic cotton instead of the traditional one, although the new material costs more money. The next step he does is to convince the retailers to sell his organic cotton garments. Berry finally did the bold shift for his company. It is not an easy decision to choose between the profit and the environment. Many companies consider that the environment is much less related to themselves than the profit, and that’s why the business ethics problems exist nowadays.
http://www.inc.com/magazine/19990501/791_pagen_2.html
The choice between the profit and the environment is always hard for the business,because the environment problem often not influence us immediately. Many people not care about the potential problem when they are not feeling the impact of it.