Aaron Feiuerstein Wrong

There is a perceived similarity between morality and ethics, however, there is a veil of distinction that tears them apart. Morality is on the grounds of one’s own personal judgment usually circulating around religious/cultural notions. Ethics, on the other hand, are based on widely accepted principles imposed by society and businesses within an era of what is right or wrong. If weighed upon a business world scale, Mr. Feuerstein actions was guided more by morals rather than ethics. As stated in the video himself, he did not decide to take this course of action because he believed to be, “a wise business decision…but because it was the right thing to do”. During this time the business perspective would have been to claim the insurance money and move the textile business towards cheap labor markets. That was the business perspective of the time and common greed of a majority of the companies. During the interview, Mr. Feuerstein was asked about the role …show more content…
Feuerstein was crowned a hero for his strong morality stance by society, he was criticized by the business industry. During that period in time corporate social responsibility was rare if not nonexistent; Mr. Feuerstein decision did not think about the company’s net worth but his employees’ economic well-being. Many companies’ primary concerns were profits and what business decision would produce most of it. But as the article Was Aaron Feuerstein Wrong? By David. G. Gill stated, many business leaders believed that “his high ideals really have no place in the hard practical realism of business competition” and that his moral decision had driven him towards bankruptcy, losing the company. His moral decision had pleasantly been rewarded once the firm opened again, but different factors such as competition, globalization, and climate change were the real culprits of the business failed success. Even so, when asked in the video if he would choose the same decision, Mr. Feuerstein said “the answer is