Finer Bags Analysis
Corporate culture is unique to each company. In this essay, a business selling controversial knock-off handbags is reviewed. The following sections discuss the honesty of the company (Finer Bags), the possibility of corporate cultural dissonance, and the application of three ethical theories to the situation. Some people may view the company taking advantage of capitalism while others may view their business negatively.
Would you call honesty part of the corporate culture at Finer Bags? Yes, no, or both? Explain.
Honesty is “the duty to tell the truth and not leave anything important out,” (Brusseau, 2012, p. 57). By definition Finer Bags is not lying about their product. They are honest in telling buyers the bags are fake. Assuming Finer Bags isn’t leaving anything important out, honesty can be considered part of the corporate culture. They could have been dishonest and advertised the bags as real and charge much more but they didn’t. On the other side, if Finer Bags is leaving something important out that would be seen as negative, then they are not being honest. The important question here, I think, is how Finer Bags gets the designs and …show more content…
The categorical imperative requires decisions must be universalizable and cannot treat people as a means to an end (Brusseau, 2012, p. 68). In modern capitalism, companies imitate each other’s products all the time. Unless there is a patent or copyright, the original company can’t do much about the imitator. This kind of competition also promotes product innovation which supports the economy. In the case of Finer Bags, if they are illegally selling the fake bags, then the original designers can pursue legal action. Since the business is still thriving, it seems Finer Bags’ business must be legal. Finer Bags is also not using people as a means to an end since they are not using the workers or buyers to get something
Would you call honesty part of the corporate culture at Finer Bags? Yes, no, or both? Explain.
Honesty is “the duty to tell the truth and not leave anything important out,” (Brusseau, 2012, p. 57). By definition Finer Bags is not lying about their product. They are honest in telling buyers the bags are fake. Assuming Finer Bags isn’t leaving anything important out, honesty can be considered part of the corporate culture. They could have been dishonest and advertised the bags as real and charge much more but they didn’t. On the other side, if Finer Bags is leaving something important out that would be seen as negative, then they are not being honest. The important question here, I think, is how Finer Bags gets the designs and …show more content…
The categorical imperative requires decisions must be universalizable and cannot treat people as a means to an end (Brusseau, 2012, p. 68). In modern capitalism, companies imitate each other’s products all the time. Unless there is a patent or copyright, the original company can’t do much about the imitator. This kind of competition also promotes product innovation which supports the economy. In the case of Finer Bags, if they are illegally selling the fake bags, then the original designers can pursue legal action. Since the business is still thriving, it seems Finer Bags’ business must be legal. Finer Bags is also not using people as a means to an end since they are not using the workers or buyers to get something