A meaningful response is needed to
at least two (2)of your peers.
1st student discussion
As the textbook suggests, the global economy is interlinked. Regardless of where you work, your company or another company your company does business with will have questionable ethical standards. Let’s say for example you work for an organization that builds homes for veterans, seniors or another disenfranchised group of people. A very ethical endeavor, indeed. But what if some of the money needed to purchase the supplies to build the homes required a commercial loan? And what if this loan came from a bank like Wells Fargo? During the 2008 financial crisis, WF and its brass were accused of some unethical behavior after TARP government loans were given to them. Does that make your ostensibly righteous organization unethical because it borrows money from Wells Fargo? The answer varies, depending on the person asked.
Another reason almost any organization may be ethically troubling is ethics are not universal. If we go back to past chapters where we discussed "bribes" versus "gifts", and how depending on cultural relativism and ethical interests, some people do not view all of the same things as right or wrong. The American business felt wrong about gifting money to a client whereas that client EXPECTED a gift prior to business negotiations as it was the cultural norm in that country. Neither side is right or wrong. Ethics is ambiguous and up for debate, therefore, there will always be aspects of organization that can be seen as ethically troubling.
2nd students discussion
Working for just any organization may be ethically troubling for the employee for many reasons. First thing to consider is the company's business values may be different than those of the employee. Most people like to think that for the right price they will do anything because a job does not always define you but unfortunately those people find that not to be true. Over time that difference in values is going to either break down the employer or the employee. Most likely it will break down the employee before the employer since, "everyone is replaceable" attitude that is common in the workplace.
Next thing to consider is the job performance of the employee. If the employee does not stand behind the company's values then their job performance is expected to be poor. This is not beneficial for either parties, the company will not be performing to its best. On the other hand, the employee will also be suffering due to the principle that people strive to do good in order to do good for themselves.
Lastly, working for any organization may be ethically troubling for the consumers. This is part to do with my point in the above paragraph and with some of what I went over in the first paragraph. The consumers also suffer when a business and its employees are not upholding their ethical responsibility. The chain from product/service to consumer runs much smoother when all parties are on the same ethical page, so to speak. When everyone is on board and practicing the same values than in turn the best service can be provided.