Topic > Examining Four Different Ethical Cases - 1079

Case 1.1: Made in USA – Dumped in Brazil, Africa, Iraq... Fire-Retardant Children's Pajamas Found Containing Tris, a Fire-Retardant Chemical That Causes Kidney Cancer in children. Millions of pairs of pajamas meant to be sold now had to be disposed of. Exporting companies began purchasing pajamas at a wholesale price with the intention of selling the banned product in foreign markets. Dalkon Shield was a contraceptive device that had adverse reactions including pelvic inflammation, blood poisoning, tubal pregnancies, and uterine perforations. The U.S. Agency for International Development's Office of Population purchased the product and placed it on foreign markets with the intent of population control. They argued that Third World countries would prefer any method of birth control over none, since the infant mortality rate is high. Arguments: Foreign countries should be free to decide for themselves whether the benefits of these products are worth the risks. that they must keep foreign countries fully informed about which products have been banned. Argument: Most Third World countries do not have regulatory agencies that care about the safety of their citizens. Topic: Not all agencies notify the State Department of banned or harmful products, which means that when products enter foreign markets, these countries will not know the harm. Problem: Even if some products were not allowed to be exported, it is very easy to export them illegally and circumvent the rules. In the case of the pesticides banned in the United States – they have been dumped on foreign markets, but these chemicals leach into the water, and we have no way to prevent them from leaching into the water and not getting… middle of paper… When those laws are so reprehensible that complying with them would be immoral, they should be prepared to withdraw from that market. for moral reasons, they would deny ordinary Chinese only the fresh air that the Internet, even filtered and censored, can provide in a closed society. Tech companies are considering what laws could help give a company like Yahoo guidance on what to do. to do when such a situation arises again. If companies had an American law to comply with, they could say their hands were tied and could not break the law, and the Chinese government would have no choice but to accept it to reap the benefits of having US technology available. companies operating in their country.