{"id":1,"date":"2012-09-01T03:14:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T03:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phoebe0419\/?p=1"},"modified":"2012-09-13T13:40:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T20:40:59","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phoebe0419\/2012\/09\/01\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore: Real-World Examples of Bad Business Ethics—-McDonald’s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Business ethics are significant to all companies. It relates to not only the benefits and the reputation of one company, but the benefit of consumers. Whether a company can grow up and become flourishing or not sometimes is determined by business ethics. A presentative of bad business ethics in real-world is McDonald’s.<\/p>\n

1. In 1972, Ray Kroc, the company\u2019s founder made a rare donation of $250,000 to Nixon’s reelection campaign and in return got a favorable legislation that allowed companies such as McDonald’s to pay teenage employees 20 percent less than federal minimum wages.<\/p>\n

—- the basic rights of teenage employees cannot be guaranteed.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0McDonald\u2019s also doesn’t allow employees to unionize, and in one instance where workers at St. Hubert Quebec did form a union, the company closed down the unit promptly.<\/p>\n

—- employees’ right of defending their benefits and claims lost.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0A<\/span><\/span>ctivists of London Greenpeace\u00a0alleged that McDonald’s promoted Third World poverty, sold unhealthy food, exploited workers and children, tortured animals, and destroyed the Amazon rain forest.<\/p>\n

—- lots of unethical behavior lead McDonald’s to be sued.<\/p>\n

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Reputation is a company\u2019s biggest asset and bad business ethics invariably result in loss of reputation and credibility. Yet many large corporate also find themselves caught red handed indulging in shady conduct. Read on for some real life examples of bad business ethics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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