Business Ethics - Assessed student reflection on ‘FLOW: for love of water’
We have all heard of ‘bad’, unethical or immoral business practices. The FLOW documentary outlines a number of unethical business practices in relation to water. Business Ethics provides some tools (moral frames) for explaining what makes certain business behaviours unethical, which can assist in ethical decision-making.
After viewing FLOW, find a journal article that meets the following conditions: it is based on one of the moral frames listed in Q2 AND is relevant to one of the ethical issues you identify in Q1 . The article should help you to deepen your understanding of the issues and the moral frames. After viewing FLOW and finding a relevant journal article, answer the following questions in 500 words. (You will probably use a second page). 1. Identify and briefly describe two major ethical issues from this film. (50 words)
The documentary shows that there’s a dam construction in Lesotho makes over 17000 farmers relocated to the arid land which cannot grow anything. The area also lack of fresh water and people can only obtain water from a polluted river. Apparently, the construction is aim to change the living condition, but what the 17000 farmers, what they going to do now?
The documentary also shows that in India, the Coca Cola Company are dumping toxic waste to local’s crops and water supply. Even the company has already been shut down. But it is still unacceptable that the company sacrifice local people’s natural resource to get a return on their investment.
2. Analyse ONE of your issues from THREE moral frames: Kant, Utilitarianism and Human Rights. Use the table below to show your understanding of each frame: on what basis would each theory argue that this issue is unethical? How do the three frames differ in perspective? (350 words)
Issue Kantian view Utilitarian view Human Rights view
China’s rapid economic growth brings a series of environment issue, such as water and air pollution, land waste etc. These problem also
After viewing FLOW, find a journal article that meets the following conditions: it is based on one of the moral frames listed in Q2 AND is relevant to one of the ethical issues you identify in Q1 . The article should help you to deepen your understanding of the issues and the moral frames. After viewing FLOW and finding a relevant journal article, answer the following questions in 500 words. (You will probably use a second page). 1. Identify and briefly describe two major ethical issues from this film. (50 words)
The documentary shows that there’s a dam construction in Lesotho makes over 17000 farmers relocated to the arid land which cannot grow anything. The area also lack of fresh water and people can only obtain water from a polluted river. Apparently, the construction is aim to change the living condition, but what the 17000 farmers, what they going to do now?
The documentary also shows that in India, the Coca Cola Company are dumping toxic waste to local’s crops and water supply. Even the company has already been shut down. But it is still unacceptable that the company sacrifice local people’s natural resource to get a return on their investment.
2. Analyse ONE of your issues from THREE moral frames: Kant, Utilitarianism and Human Rights. Use the table below to show your understanding of each frame: on what basis would each theory argue that this issue is unethical? How do the three frames differ in perspective? (350 words)
Issue Kantian view Utilitarian view Human Rights view
China’s rapid economic growth brings a series of environment issue, such as water and air pollution, land waste etc. These problem also