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Ethical Issues faced by Palm Oil Production : Report

   

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INTEGRATEDCAPSTONEPROJECT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYIt is the analysis and discussions of problems faced by company and production inregards to their concept. Ethical issues are dilemma which leads to the situation in which theperson is unable to distinguish and decide between the right and wrong of the situation. Thereport identified the problem faced by TOMS Roasting company which has it is ultimate aimwhich states that Coffee for You and Water for all. The Ethical issue with company arise withthe concept of social responsibility and economic development. Further, in this it has beenidentified that dilemma of the situation arise due to one for one concept because in this theorganisation has clear objectives and exchange policies with farmers in which theorganisation will buy 1 bag of coffee beans in will supply 1 week of pure water to regions.Apart from this it analysed the problem and ethical issues raised due to Palm oil productionwhere the increasing rate of Palm oil production is leading to depletion of rainforest, modernslavery in which labourers are forced to work in critical conditions and emission of harmfulgases which led to red alarm situation. Thus, the report evaluated the recommendation andsolution on the basis of ethical issues faced by Palm oil production and TOMS coffeeCompany. Table of ContentsEXECUTIVE SUMMARY...................................................................................................................3INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................4BACKGROUND OF PALM OIL PRODUCTION...............................................................................4BACKGROUND OF TOMS ROASTING COMPANY.......................................................................4PROBLEM OF TOMS ROASTING COMPANY.................................................................................5DETAILED ANALYSIS OF PROBLEM.............................................................................................6RECOMMENDATION AND SOLUTION...........................................................................................8CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................................9PERSONAL LEARNING.....................................................................................................................9REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTIONCapstone project is the discussion of topics real life situations which can be argued.The report will analyse the issue of ethical considerations and social faced by TOMSRoasting Company and Palm oil production. Further, it will outline the problem and itssolution on social responsibility and ethical issue in which the firm or individual is bound tomaintain a balance between profits and social welfare/ environmental conditions. Thus, thereport will evaluate recommendations and individuals learning which can be implemented infuture to overcome the issues.BACKGROUND OF PALM OIL PRODUCTIONPalm oil production started from West Africa and is produced from Dates, food crop.It is used for various purposes that is for consumption, trade and also used by Egyptian forburial of people in tombs. Further, it is used by people for making candles, Edible oils, andlubricants. It is rich of nutrition and therefore it has fastest growing sale across the globe(Why palm-oil production is going green. 2015). Its growth started from Africa, NorthAmerica, Asia and South America. Its production and export has risen to 85 percent fromIndonesia and Malaysia (Wicke, Sikkema and Faaij, 2011). Apart from this Palm oil usextracted from tree with fresh fruit bunches.BACKGROUND OF TOMS ROASTING COMPANYTOMS Roasting company has it is ultimate aim which states that Coffee for You andWater for all. In this when the person buys coffee from organisations than it is helping toprovide safe water to needy community (TOMS launches one-for-one coffee company |Fortune, 2014). The concept is termed by an enterprise as One for One. The coffee flavoursof firm are unique and are sourced from regions which are famous for the coffee. In addition,the one for one idea of entity arise when it has been analyses that more than 700 millionpeople do not have safe water to cook and drink which is risking their lives. Thus, with the
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idea the company is serving safe water to communities in 7 countries.PROBLEM OF PALM OIL PRODUCTIONIt is an ethical issue which is been arising due to increasing production of Palm oil.Ethical issue arises when it is unable to decide between right and wrong of the situation. Inthis situation the production is good while reduction in tree is false. The situation is leadinggo red alarm situation and increasing threat of dangerous species. Due to increasingawareness about going green the reputation of palm oil production is at stake. Moreover,from past 3 decades, it has been evaluated that tropical forests have been cut down andshaded which has led to drastic change in climatic conditions. Apart from this the indigenouspeople have lost their own over lands which destroying their daily livelihood (Stichnothe andSchuchardt, 2010). Thus, the production of oil has now became ethical issue because the oilhas own benefits which are healthy for consumption, applying and innovating new productskeeping mind the healthiness of society. The Palm oil is used by the people for ediblepurposes due to which its sales increase continuously and it is being offered at every grocerystores and shopping marts (Why palm-oil production is going green. 2015). On the otherhand, it is the key point of discussion because the people environment campaigners havestarted campaigning against the production due to which its production is major impacted.Apart from this, it has been evaluated that the Palm plantation his exploiting human rights asin productions the land of people is grabbed forcefully and it is giving rise to modern dayslavery, and child labour. The palm production and consumption is good for society but dueto its increasing sales the rights of indigenous society are being exploited. Ethical Dilemmaof the situation is being increasing because the arguments are about saving environment andforest in order to go green. Thus, the situation has led to various type of alternatives such asto stop palm oil production, certified production, expensive palm oil products etc.PROBLEM OF TOMS ROASTING COMPANY The focus of the TOMS coffee company is to promote economic developmenttherefore the management focused on analysing the best people and areas of coffee. It wasfound out that the there were local farmers of 7 regions who had the best coffee beans withthe help of which people use to earn their livelihood. The people use to sell their beans atpossible price. Further, the major ingredient which is required to make super premium qualitycoffee is water and it was discovered that the farmers and few regions lacks the safe water notonly for coffee but for their own drinking and cooking. Therefore, the firm planned a concept
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