Who Do You Hate??? (In the Business World)

Dear Class,

So since you need comment credit and I need help narrowing down my project, I thought I'd throw this question out there:

Which companies have you had terrible experiences with? (Regarding their business ethics)

Please tell me any big or small companies, local or national, it doesn't matter, any company that you know of that has less-than-ideal ethical values/policies. Please remember that the question I am focusing on is which companies place a numerical value on human life and suffering and how do they justify it? So the more relevant experience/story/whatever you've got, the better. But also, wherever there are smaller ethical issues there are likely to be bigger problems as well.

Thanks guys!

Capstone Proposal- Second Revision

How much is a Human Life Worth?

My emphasis in Integrated Studies is Philosophy and Business. In the last five months I have become increasingly interested in the business ethics (or the lack of) in companies such as McDonald’s, Ford and B.P. Examining such companies has sparked an interest in focusing primarily on national companies. I am proposing to do my capstone project on the business ethics of America, specifically how much American companies value individual human lives. I plan to explore this question by asking the following questions:

· What are the current legal requirements/laws regarding general business ethics?

· Which (if any) need revision or seem unjust?

· Which ethical issues remain unaddressed in our present laws?

· How do international businesses/cultures policies compare with national business ethics policies? What’s the difference? How can we incorporate upstanding laws into our own business practices?

· And eventually, after covering the basics on American business ethics I hope to discover and focus on those companies who place a numerical value on human life and suffering, what that value is and what their justification or explanation is for the stated value.

I hope to make the research and the actual paper a large portion of my capstone project, yet to incorporate interviews and surveys with local business owners/employees. My interviews with local businesses will question their ethics policies and directly ask about ‘their value of human life’.. By doing so, I hope to find out more about standard ethical procedures on both a personal level and a business level.

Finally, I will incorporate philosophical beliefs on business ethics stemming from primarily Marx and Hegel to help me determine what is socially accepted and the cultural standard of our business owners in regards to the value of human life and suffering.