ETHICS IN BUSINESS

All businesses are motivated by profits. However, it doesn`t mean that CEOs and managers have to leave aside essential good manners, such as being ethical in their actions.

Recently , a scandal proved that some brands do have ethic issues . The scandal started in England and spread throughout the rest of Europe .

Horse replaced beef .

To be clearer , a large number of products from different brands , such as Findus , a famous french food processing company , contained horse meat . Why is it a scandal ? Because the products indicated BEEF .

Since then , the hunt started to find the responsible . Brands such as Findus denonced another company responsible for this tragic event, Spanghero.

Spanghero is a company , specialized in meat selling . It has a contract with Findus supplier , Tavola de Capellen . When this scandal was revealed , Spanghero payed the price of its unethical process , with sales decreasing by 50%.

In this case, I would say that the one to blame is Findus. This company is the last one who has the product in its hands before the selling of the product. Therefore, it should proceed to meticulous ultimate sanitary checkups .

Moreover, what is shocking in this scandal is the customers that the company betrayed, because they didn`t make the effort to verify the origin of the product, and what is was made off.

Sources :

http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2013/02/18/la-chronologie-du-scandale-findus

http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20130209.OBS8368/findus-le-scandale-des-lasagnes-au-cheval-secoue-l-europe.html