I know the Chicken Nuggets and Big Mac’s are delicious but thinking about it seriously, how long are we going to allow huge chain restaurants cheat us for more money.

There have been a few too many scandals in the past for me to be happy eating McD’s. Personally, I believe that they need to hold a higher standard of values towards their customers by displaying greater amounts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). For example, they could behave more ethically. Are you guys aware about the chicken nugget scandal in Hong Kong?  I’ve linked it here in case you haven’t heard about what happened: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1558230/mcdonalds-hong-kong-pulls-chicken-nuggets-over-supplies-rotten-food

I believe McDonalds’ strongly displayed a lack of morals by trying to cheat customers in this way by using old and rotten meat. It is extremely unethical and unfair to trick customers into eating something severely below regular health standards just to cut costs. It infuriates me to see how they can put money ahead of health and morals. My high school had a motto “Honestas Antes Honores” that translates to Honesty Before Glory, which I wish one day- is 100% followed in the business world.

The importance of money mixed with human’s greed and insatiate behaviour has made scandals like these common in the business world and I hope one day it changes. McDonalds’ and other big companies such as Apple have eschewed making rational and ethical judgement calls through the use of heuristics (judgement shortcuts). One common form of judgement shortcut is Framing, which is the error in judgment that arises from selective use of perspective that alters the way we view a situation in formulating a decision. If big companies like McDonalds changed their perspective when it comes to the importance of CSR the business world would be a lot better in terms of organizational behaviour- which would really benefit the world in a lot of senses.

Overall, I know it’s not realistic to hope for big companies to not cut corners because at the end of the day that is how to get ahead, but I do hope more small changes are made- that’s why I’m so glad that Corporate Social Responsibility has risen. If you want food for thought, read the following article regarding how businesses can improve ethical behaviour: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/ways-prevent-unethical-behavior-workplace-21344.html

Even though the article is targetted for small businesses, if big companies legitimately followed it as well, the world would be a lot better ethically.

References

Brookins, Miranda. “Ways To Prevent Unethical Behavior In The Workplace”. Smallbusiness.chron.com. N.p., 2017. Web. 24 Mar. 2017.

“Horsemeat Scandal | UK News | The Guardian”. the Guardian. N.p., 2017. Web. 20 Mar. 2017.

Mok, Danny. “Mcdonald’S Hong Kong Pulls Chicken Nuggets Over Supplies From Rotten Food Plant”. South China Morning Post. N.p., 2014. Web. 24 Mar. 2017.

Robbins, Stephen P. Organizational Behaviour. 1st ed. Pearson Education Limited, 2017. Print.

“Types Of Heuristics: Availability, Representativeness & Base-Rate – Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.Com”. Study.com. N.p., 2017. Web. 24 Mar. 2017.