According to the Code of Ethics for working in the food industry, Employee relations is one of the most critical area of ethics that many establishments neglect. Working in the food industry, employees are faced with having to live off minimum wage, added stress while working, as well as scheduling issues. As stated by David Ingram in the article “Code of Ethics for Food Establishments”, “Food establishments should commit to breaking the trend of overworking and underpaying employees.” I agree with his statement because in my position, I have been working as a hostess for over two years and have struggled with all these issues listed above. There have been multiple times where I have struggled to pay my bills and other times where I have gotten …show more content…
As mentioned in Ingram’s article, “Food establishments should include firm commitments to food safety in their codes of ethics, always placing food safety above financial concerns. This includes going beyond the letter of the law to enforce the highest product quality standards.” When customers enter restaurants, they believe that everything is made fresh, safe and healthy enough to consume. However, when food is stored improperly and not handled nor prepared appropriately, they’re putting their customers lives at risk for serious injury or worse due to food poisoning, cross-contamination or allergic reactions. Many times, at restaurants when customers ask their food to be remade or cooked for longer, employees and kitchen staff don’t do exactly what they are asked to do and simply take the uncomplicated way out to save money for the restaurant. I believe this to be morally inappropriate and to some extent rude due to the fact that that costumer could have a reaction to the way it was cooked …show more content…
Food establishments should be aware of their suppliers as well as for the health and ingredients of their products. “Although financial considerations can tempt food establishment owners to purchase the most inexpensive ingredients with no questions asked, to show a commitment to ethics, food establishments should perform due diligence before signing a contract with a new supplier. Codes of ethics should require food establishments to know where suppliers source their livestock, how livestock is raised and treated, which hormones or artificial additives are added to feed stocks and other ethical considerations related to the humane treatment of animals and equitable employment practices”, as quoted in Ingram’s article. According to the code of ethics, every food industry should commit to sell only healthy products and never to use harmful ingredients, including fast-food chains who never pay attention to the fat content or harmful additives of their goods. The moral value of their customers health should be more important to a company rather than the price of an item with an unknown
Companies nowadays are using different and strong methods in marketing their food products. The Companies are very competitive, and the results can affect the people. When we think about this job field, it is convincing that those producers should use cleverly ways to gain their own living. In the other side they shouldn’t use misleading ways that could harm the people. Food companies should be straightforward with every marketing method they use. People have the right to know what they are consuming and also to know the effects of these products on them, whether it is harmful, useful, or even neutral.
Which of the six principles in the AICPA Code of Conduct is most related to Article 1.5 of the California Accountancy Act? Explain your conclusion.
“The passive American consumer, sitting down to a meal of pre-prepared or fast food, confronts a platter covered with inert, anonymous substances that have been processed, dyed, breaded, sauced, gravied, ground, pulped, strained, blended, prettified, and sanitized beyond resemblance to any creature that every lived (Berry 9).” This a great example that makes that makes us learn and think about when we eat a fast food product and also what it contains. This should a reason for us to be thinkful of the food products that we consume on a daily basis, and so do our
The accounting system misallocated motors from the asset manufacturing equipment to inventory. There are issues of honesty, responsibility, and professional ethics.
In the documentary, Food Inc., we get an inside look at the secrets and horrors of the food industry. The director, Robert Kenner, argues that most Americans have no idea where their food comes from or what happens to it before they put it in their bodies. To him, this is a major issue and a great danger to society as a whole. One of the conclusions of this documentary is that we should not blindly trust the food companies, and we should ultimately be more concerned with what we are eating and feeding to our children. Through his investigations, he hopes to lift the veil from the hidden world of food.
Zinczenko explains, “Where are consumers supposed to find alternatives? Drive down any thoroughfare in America, and I guarantee you’ll see one of our country’s more than 13,000 McDonald’s restaurants.” He continues, “Now, drive back up the block and try to find someplace to buy a grapefruit.” (Zinczenko 463). What’s the chances of finding a fruit stand rather than a fast food restaurant? In addition, consumers are not being informed on what exactly they are taking in. There are no calorie charts posted on the food, nor are there warning labels connected to it. Thus, the purchaser is becoming unhealthy and eventually obese. Zinczenko stated fast food restaurants, “Would do well to protect themselves, and their consumers, by providing the nutrition information people need to make informed choices about their products.” Furthermore, without warnings, there will consequently be a higher number of ill and obese
With regulations being set and laws enacted, the United States has seen a change for the better within the food industry and for the consumers overall. As a result, as much as a company is willing to cut on cost, without the consumers, every business in any industry will become bankrupt. The power is in the consumer and as long as consumers are educated properly and willing to speak up, there is a bright future ahead. However, because not everything can be seen, it is important to have books such as The Jungle and authors like Upton Sinclair to let people know what is going on and what not everyone is able to see. In doing so, this will raise awareness, create transparency and demand that companies practice ethically for the betterment of the
In our fast pace society, we base everything on time and money. This need to save money and time has transformed the way we see food and purchase food. Food is an essential part of all cultures. It plays a role in every person’s life. The population has the power to choose what we eat and how the food industry is shaped. There are many important questions that we need to ask ourselves in order to keep the food industry in check. These questions are: How do we know our food is safe? What should we eat? How should food be distributed? What is good food? These are simple yet difficult questions.
More and More people are becoming concerned about what they eat, especially if they consume food products that are manufactured in food industries. However, it is hard to know what exactly you are consuming if food industries provide false nutrition content and mislead consumers by placing false advertisements on the packaging. When a company produces a product that contains misleading label, consumers are not receiving complete information about the food they are eating which could lead to health issues including allergies and problems with diabetes.
The way that our society has been able to produce food has changed in the last fifty years that the several thousand years beforehand. Robert Kenner addresses problems of our society’s food system and how there is only a handful of large corporations that have basically taken over the food system in the United States in the film Food, Inc. Large businesses have been able to significantly produce vast amounts of food and set low prices for consumers, usually because of government subsidies, which results in enormous profit and greater control of the food supply sources. This leads to negative health, safety, and economic consequences. This documentary examines the exercises of the few large food corporations from the start of production
Over the years, growing attention has been paid to the ethical, environmental and social dimensions of business, most often under corporate social responsibility (CSR). Much of the early literature aimed to specify the concept and the various components of CSR, as it emerged in the second half of the 20th century (MINTZBERG, H., 1983). Various environment organizations and people are conscious of the toxic waste, of pollution, mountains of garbage and depletion of forests. McDonald’s, the largest restaurant chain in the world, presents a notable case study. For years McDonald’s used polystyrene containers for the famous Big Mac clamshell for its hamburgers. Since these containers were light in weight, did not absorb grease and kept the burgers warm. McDonalds soon become target of the Environmental Defense Fund which claimed that by making polystyrene packaging created toxic fumes, which took too much of landfill and took too much time to
Many laws have been put into place to make sure corporations act ethically, so they do not harm people or the environment. Corporations have a social responsibility to follow these laws and various other ethical actions; Johnson & Johnson, considered to be one of the most admirable companies according to Fortune, is one company that included their corporate social responsibilities in their code of ethics. Their code of ethics states that executive officers cannot financially benefit from unethical transactions or that their management must be competent and ethical (Code of Business Conduct, 2015). It is important for corporations to act ethically and hold up to their social responsibility, especially within the workplace; ethics are especially
As a law enforcement officer, my fundamental duty is to serve mankind; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation, and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the constitutional rights of all men to liberty, equality and justice.
In the restaurant industry there are judgemental people everywhere. I have had a couple of negative experiences working under poor management. Honestly, I have never been so disrespected on a regular basis for no substantial reason. Discrimination in any workplace is just not a good environment to be in.
The manager that was working was a lady named Tasha Bernard (name was changed to protect identity). The first thing that was rather noticeable to me while she was managing the store was she lacked the ability to actually manage the crew members, resulting in the lack of service provided to the customers. Additionally, she displayed complete apathy towards the job, especially when she blatantly answered her phone while distributing fries in a carton for a customer. I was able to interview a random customer named Pariss who witnessed this act and she stated, “Wow, is she really talking on her phone?”. “Where is the manager?. I sighed desperately and stated that she was in fact the manager of the night. This inevitably resulted in bickering among the manager and customer. In addition, the crew members displayed complete apathy towards providing “quality service” as well. They engaged in horse playing, texting, and someone was blasting music while “working”. Basically, everyone engaged in their own little world, lacking any sort of teamwork which is required in a fast food restaurant. Needless to say, the line extended all the way to the door and a roar of complaints filled the