Should Everything Be For Sale?
Should Everything Be For Sale?
Should everything be for sale? A very thought inciting question that inspires great debate on moral standings. Morality, is concerned with social practices defining right and wrong (Beauchamp, Bowie, & Arnold, 2008). What is just, what is fair, what is the right thing to do in a situation? What is wrong? What is ethical, what is moral? “A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world” (Camus, 2014). We find ourselves facing three moral dilemmas posed by three members of an entrepreneurship club at a University with an aim to make quick money. Ethics involve a process of applying values, which may range from religious principles to customs and traditions.
The first idea was to grow and sell fake pot. The idea of whether to grow and sell fake pot may represent a moral or ethical quandary; everyone has rights whether it is the right to earn a living or the right to make a purchase. What is not clear is whether the selling of “pot” is legal or even ethical, regardless of whether the product is real or fictitious. In many countries the selling of ‘pot’ is illegal or requires a license to deal or distribute whether it is for health reasons or just pleasure. Even though the business idea is to make money and the bottom line is profitability, a business does have an obligation to protect the rights and health of their clients/customers. Take into consideration cigarette distributors; their only legal requirement is to have a health warning displayed on the box. In Jamaica the Tobacco Labeling Resource Centre amended the regulations to have the health warnings placed on at least 60% of the front and back of the cigarette package. This is not an ethical requirement or a moral one but an implementation by law because of the adverse effects of tobacco on smokers (www.tobaccolabels.ca, 2013). The fake pot would not have such a warning to deter persons from smoking this fake pot.
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Should everything be for sale? A very thought inciting question that inspires great debate on moral standings. Morality, is concerned with social practices defining right and wrong (Beauchamp, Bowie, & Arnold, 2008). What is just, what is fair, what is the right thing to do in a situation? What is wrong? What is ethical, what is moral? “A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world” (Camus, 2014). We find ourselves facing three moral dilemmas posed by three members of an entrepreneurship club at a University with an aim to make quick money. Ethics involve a process of applying values, which may range from religious principles to customs and traditions.
The first idea was to grow and sell fake pot. The idea of whether to grow and sell fake pot may represent a moral or ethical quandary; everyone has rights whether it is the right to earn a living or the right to make a purchase. What is not clear is whether the selling of “pot” is legal or even ethical, regardless of whether the product is real or fictitious. In many countries the selling of ‘pot’ is illegal or requires a license to deal or distribute whether it is for health reasons or just pleasure. Even though the business idea is to make money and the bottom line is profitability, a business does have an obligation to protect the rights and health of their clients/customers. Take into consideration cigarette distributors; their only legal requirement is to have a health warning displayed on the box. In Jamaica the Tobacco Labeling Resource Centre amended the regulations to have the health warnings placed on at least 60% of the front and back of the cigarette package. This is not an ethical requirement or a moral one but an implementation by law because of the adverse effects of tobacco on smokers (www.tobaccolabels.ca, 2013). The fake pot would not have such a warning to deter persons from smoking this fake pot.
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