Ethical issues in Fertilife and the company
In light of the Fertilife schemes and company issues in regards to waste disposal and employees’ treatment, it is quite evident that the company has developed a bad reputation following their lack of ethics. The company is putting more focus getting ahead and in making more profit and are thus taking preference for ethical decision making. It is true that it is hard to understand the importance of having an ethical code of conduct in the business as the effects are rather gradual and unnoticeable at the beginning, but the reality is lack of ethics within an industry creates a wealth of issues for an industry and this is the case happening in Fertilife Company. This paper, therefore, will seek to discuss the ethical effects of the company’s behavior in regards to employees and waste disposal. Lastly, the paper will seek to present and discuss the economic motivations, environmental and moral considerations that the company should focus on in regards to the employees and waste disposal treatment.
It takes a number of years for a company to build their company’s reputation and only one scandal can destroy them in totality. Thus Fertilife Company is on a path to destruction due to their unethical behavior towards their employees. This is a problem that will ultimately cost the company if they fail to look into the problem and address it with immediate effect. It is through this that the company will be regarded as an ethically responsible company and this will help the company in reducing the risk of having a scandal with their employees of with the environment. Treating of employees unfairly and cutting their salaries and creating a hostile environment for them will only worsen the situation in Fertilife and this is already affecting the company’s reputation. This is all wrong and quite unethical and hence most of the employees will be so angry that the employers have a low disregard for them. They will thus be unable to forgive the company and actually will continue to feel insulted by the fact that the company is failing to address the issue. This will increase the employee’s stress, attrition and dissatisfaction hence resulting in low productivity. Happiness in an organization leads to a productive workforce and this is a common feature for highly successful businesses (Tran, 2015). The company will thus continue to incur losses as a result of having a stressed and unhappy group of workers especially the Mexican employees who are treated unfairly as they will be less productive, will take more time off and will have minimal interests in the work hence will require more supervision. Fertilife Company should, therefore, consider addressing the issue on their employees working conditions. Poor waste disposal is dangerous, illegal and unethical. It is quite clear that Fertilife Company prioritizes financial necessities over certain values, for instance, the ethical and social responsibility values. Cost of treating the waste and disposing of it in a proper way has been the driving force behind the company’s unethical behavior towards waste disposal and also towards their employees (Baranyi, 2010).
The company should, therefore, lay out the code of ethics as this is the first step towards addressing their issues. The managers ought to monitor whether these codes are implemented hence making the process more efficient. It is thus important for the company to note that acting ethically responsible towards their employees and waste disposal is, in other words, a Corporate Social Responsibility for the organization (Tran, 2015). The company should stop exploiting their employees and especially the Mexican employees hence they should start paying them equal amounts with the ones paid to the US workers. The company has a moral responsibility to equally meet the health and safety standards for all of their employees regardless of where they come from. Though the Mexican laws are lenient on environmental rules as they fail to have pollution control and disposal guidelines, the company should not take advantage of the situation and thus they ought to make an environmental consideration. In doing this, the company will conserve the environment in which they are also a part of. Environmental protection by the company will help secure a safe future for the generations to come (Baranyi, 2010). It is thus important to deduce that businesses derive substantial benefits and avoids great risks through carrying out actions that are right and humane towards the employees and the society surrounding the business and through making proper considerations such as environmental and moral considerations. The company should, therefore, motivate their employees by giving out gifts and celebrations for good performances and this will aid in creating trust and close relations with the employees hence allowing them to be more productive. It is through these important steps that the company will start realizing a turnover in their businesses hence resulting in them becoming successful in the industry.
References
Baranyi, Á. (2010). The Importance of Ethical Principles in Industrial Environmental Protection. PEACE STUDIES, PUBLIC POLICY AND GLOBAL SECURITY–Volume VI, 143.
Tran, T. (2015). Corporate social responsibility and profits: A tradeoff or a balance.
