Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Workplace and the World
Write a 7 pages paper in which you:
I. Introduction
a. What is PharmaCare
b. Thesis Statement: This paper will analyze PharmaCare's stakeholders, human rights issues, environmental initiative, ethical issues, and analyze one real-world company facing ethical issues.
II. Describe the key characteristics of a stakeholder and determine all the stakeholders within the PharmaCARE scenario.
a. Key characteristics of a stakeholder
b. Scenario stakeholders
III. Analyze the human rights issues presented by PharmaCARE's treatment of the Colberia's indigenous population versus that of its executives. Recommend at least three (3) changes PharmaCARE can make to be more ethical going forward.
a. Treatment of Colberia's indigenous population-v.-PharmaCare executives
b. Three changes PharmaCare can make to be more ethical
IV. Assess PharmaCARE's environmental initiative against the backdrop of its anti-environmental lobbying efforts and Colberian activities. Support the position.
V. Decide whether or not PharmaCARE's actions with respect to the indigenous people of Colberia would be ethical in accordance with each of the following ethical theories:
a. Utilitarianism
b. Deontology
c. Virtue ethics
d. Ethics of care
e. Your own moral / ethical compass
VI. Compare PharmaCARE's actions with those of at least one (1) real-world company, whose corporate activities led to ethical, environmental, or workplace safety issues and financial loss. Analyze the similarities and differences between PharmaCARE and the company that you chose.
VII. Conclusion