Samsung is currently being accused of mistreating factory workers in China. The accusers claim that employees are working over 100 hours of overtime a month, children under 16 are working in the factories, and that the company failed to provide appropriate safety equipment. These alleged mistreatments could prove to be very damaging to Samsung as the company owns and controls many of the factories in question. This means that the firm cannot defend themselves by claiming to had no knowledge of the conditions or deny responsibility, as Apple did in their situation.

Examples of unethical business practices are abundant in our world today. Some key points that business managers must keep in mind is that ethics can prove important while running a respectable and credible business. It is essential that they do not take advantage of the vulnerable consumer, take into account the community while making important decisions, and recognize that consumers want to do business with a company that they trust as reliable and not exploitive.