Ethics Theory Essay

Ethics Theory Essay

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................1
Application of Utilitarian to analyses whether they support increasing wages rate as well as
working condition of workers......................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Ethics refers to set principle which defending as well as recommending between right and wrong
behaviours (Fryer, 2016). Ethics are important in real life as well as business or at work. These
ethical helps an individual to differentiate between right as well as wrong actions. This project
includes case study of workers living in Bangladesh and their working condition in which they
are working. This project report includes application of Utilitarian approach and analysis
whether they support increase in wages rate and improving working condition of people living in
Bangladesh. It also includes reason behind support of this approach to workers of that country.
MAIN BODY
Application of Utilitarian to analyses whether they support increasing wages rate as well as
working condition of workers
Utilitarian analysis: Utilitarian analysis is one of ethics theory in which an action is ethically
right if it creates happiness whereas an action would be wrong it is creating pain and unhappiness
(HUNT, 2016). It does not only affect performer of action but everyone involved in that.
According to this theory, actions are analysed on basis of consequences of those actions. This
theory is against self-interest of people and is different from ethical theory as ethical theory
include rightness and wrongness of action taken by a person. Whereas according to utilitarian
theory rights thing can be done by a person for bad motive. The main focus of this concept is one
that a person should act in a way which maximise happiness and minimise pain and unhappiness.
In this case, Bangladesh is one of poor country where there is high rate of poverty. There is
also high rate of unemployment and due to this labour available here is at cheap rate. Many
industries specially fashion industries are using labour from Bangladesh as it reduces their
production cost. Working condition for worker of this country is very poor as owners does not
provide them with necessary facilities. Even after global pandemic, owners are not providing
them safe environment instead laid off workers without any payment. They are also forcing to
work in unsafe condition which support to spread in dieses. This country is providing their good
to multinational corporation including Zara, H&M, Sainsbury, Walmart and many more. Their
cheap good provide profit to organisation but these companies are not improving human rights of
working their living conditions. After Covid-19, industries have stopped their production, which
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