Unethical Employment Practices in the Retail Industry: A Case Study of Pay n Carry

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Abstract
Ethics are rules that govern an individual, organization or an institution as it carries out its
activities. However, there are issues that occur in such areas concerning the ethical practices, an
example is unethical employment practices within organizations. The unethical practice that was
unveiled in the recent past days is the exploitation of workers the retail industry, as much as it’s a
problem that covered the retail industry in general it should be noted that Pay n Carry company falls
under this category which means that in one way or another, the company is affected or falls in the risk
of becoming a victim of such unethical behavior in future. Exploitation of workers comes in when a
company pays the workers less than what they actually deserve and other unfair treatment of workers
for the benefits of the company. Capitalist system often leads to exploitation of workers due to the
nature of the business conditions that are not regulated by the government which would have put into
consideration the workers, all that is put in consideration in such a system is profit making. There are
theories that have been developed by scholars based on the reality and supported by evidence, one of
the theories that focus on the unethical employment practice is the Labour theory developed by Carl
Marx. The company that this content is based on is Pay n Carry which is an organization that falls under
the retail industry where the unethical employment practices have been reported.

Introduction
The business issue in focus is the unethical employment practices and the increased regulatory
scrutiny in the retail industry. Ethics are the business policies that guides and governs the
business operations to prevent controversial issues such as unethical employment practices
which is the business question that shall be discussed in this context(Volume 31, Issue 2/3 —
Complete Issue, 2012). The unethical practice that was unveiled in the recent past days is the
exploitation of workers the retail industry, as much as it’s a problem that covered the retail
industry in general it should be noted that Pay n Carry company falls under this category which
means that in one way or another, the company is affected or falls in the risk of becoming a
victim of such unethical behavior in future. Exploitation of workers comes in when a company
pays the workers less than what they actually deserve and other unfair treatment of workers for
the benefits of the company (Issue Information, 2017). Regulatory scrutiny is done by a board
that offers advice to the company and it has been increased especially in the retail industry under
which Pay n Carry is under. Ethics should be considered in any business operations as any
unethical practice can easily ruin the reputation of a business. The company may end up losing
more than what it wanted to gain because the workers will no longer be working out of passion
but just for the sake of getting paid, for maximum production, the company depends on the
passion and dedication of its employees(CIBER SPECIAL ISSUE: THE BUSINESS OF
PEACE, 2016). They may even choose to leave their jobs and it may be difficult to find other
workers as everyone does not work where there is a lot of exploitation. Ethics in any business
depend on the power of the management to keep the good behavior and therefore, the
management is going to concentrate on its role of maintaining the business ethics.