Slavery in the Chocolate Industry

1. What are the systemic, corporate, and individual ethical issues raised by this case? I think the government of both countries which is the producer of the cocoa beans and the manufacturer should establish an agreement for the protection of the children, with private and government investment, create an institution to oversee the performance of the farms, in which each producer farms should be registered for be allowed to run, and this institution should have personnel able to visit at least 2 times per year each registered farm for ensure the welfare of the children or at least that they are been treated with human conditions that don’t put in risk his life.

The company’s members of the Chocolate Manufacturers Association are big and renowned companies with high earnings, so I think that they should use part of its money to this cause if they want to have access to these producers.

2. In your view, is the kind of child slavery discussed in this case absolutely wrong no matter what, or is it only relatively wrong, i.

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e if one happens to live in a society (like ours) that disapproves of child slavery? Explain your view and why you hold it? In my opinion no matter what the human rights always should be respected. Even if the child work is not accepted in certain countries, I thing that if the work is in a safe environment and in conditions that do not put in risk the health or the life of the children is acceptable because in some cases of extreme poverty kids need help their families working since early age.

3. Who shares in the moral responsibility for the slavery occurring in the chocolate industry? I think the government responsible to this moral responsibility who knows about the problem and the governments of both countries have the higher part, they should protect with laws the rights of the people, and be ensuring that the laws are respected and by this way offer to their population a life quality.

4. Consider the bill that Representative Engle and Senator Harkin attempted to enact into a law, but which never became a law because of the lobbying efforts of the chocolate companies. What does this incident show about the view that “to be ethical it is enough for businesspeople to follow the law”? There are many people aware about child slavery. At the same time many people just ignore it because of in business, the business people not care about humanity but only profit oriented. Even though Representative Engle and Senator Harkin attempted to enact the law and supported by some company, it is not enough. It is required the members of Chocolate Manufactures Association and The World Cocoa Foundation to tolerate with the law to make the law enacted.