Food security has always been a serious problem in China. In recent years, scandals concerning food security had been exposed to media continually. Behind all these scandals lies the lack of responsibility and moral level decline.
One of the causes of the food security incident is the firms’ seeking of improper profit. Lured by the profit, some firm ignored the consumers’ interest to maximize their revenue, prejudice the legitimate interests of the consumers.
Another reason is the lack of sense of responsibility. Since the food producer are anonymous, they are more likely to take a risk and perform differently than they normally do when in front of others. Also, people in the same group tend to copy each other’s harmful behavior, which led to a lack of ethics with in the whole organization. Because the responsibility will fall to the whole organization instead of individuals, people feel they will not bear responsibility for all the serious consequences arising, which could entice them to exceed the moral bounds.
Link: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2013-02/05/content_16200464.htm