Ethical Philosophy of Acme Corp in Country B Factory Operation

Acme Corp's Factory Operation in Country B

Acme Corp is a publically-traded corporation from Country A that manufactures widgets. When Acme opens a factory in Country B, a foreign country, it employs workers aged 14 to 18, even though the minimum age for employment in Country A is 18 and in Country B is 14.

After 10 years, Acme sells its factory in Country B to Hardworkers, Inc., a contractor for widget parts. Acme then moves all its operations back to Country A but continues to buy components for its widgets from Hardworkers, becoming their sole customer. Due to a company policy by Hardworkers, employees must work regardless of their health or risk losing their job.

A sick worker at Hardworkers infects 500 employees, rendering them unable to work. In this scenario, to which ethical philosophy did Acme Corp ascribe?

Options:

a. Moral absolutism

b. Ethical relativism

c. Righteous moralism

d. Utilitarian idealism

The philosophy that Acme Corp subscribed to by carrying out its businesses this way is Moral absolutism.

What is Moral absolutism?

This is the belief in the field of philosophy regarding the behavior that people have. It says that regardless of the context from which people behave, the ethical standard is what should be followed.

From the viewpoint, the standard of the company does not allow the workers to miss work.