While reading the “Sniffing Glue Could Snuff Profits” case, it made me think about the variety of options and issues the Fuller Company was facing. It amazes me at how children are sniffing glue and I feel as if this could be prevented if parents or others told them to quit (Shaw, 2016). I find it quite sad that the society people live in, think that sniffing glue is acceptable and appropriate. Knowing how successful the H.B. Fuller Company has been and how it is a market leader in the glues and adhesives that it makes for various uses especially commercial and distributing all over the world. They have always seemed to be socially responsible and it is reported that they give 5% of their profits to charities which shows integrity and ethics
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Fuller Company seems to have many moral obligations in this case. They are to be getting the sniffers from sniffing their glues and getting a high on them so to speak by adding a foul smell so they will stop. It is assumed that businesses should always try to provide the safest product as possible and many would say this is a moral obligation. Even with Fuller Company knowing what is happening with their glue by children it is very sad to see them do nothing and to continue to sell the glue without trying to get the young people to stop getting high from the glue. In Fuller’s defense, the Board of Directors did state some changes. They would change their way of distribution in Honduras and Guatemala by stopping sales to retailers and small-scale users, but this did not happen (Shaw, 2016). They also tried to change the formula but this was highly unsuccessful. In my opinion those who are using it as a drug will continue to seek the glue regardless of what the company does. Therefore, changing the formula would just cause those people to go find something else to sniff on, in order, to get the same effect therefore not getting rid of it. This shows that young people need to have family or friends in order to help prevent them from doing this with
Fuller Company seems to have many moral obligations in this case. They are to be getting the sniffers from sniffing their glues and getting a high on them so to speak by adding a foul smell so they will stop. It is assumed that businesses should always try to provide the safest product as possible and many would say this is a moral obligation. Even with Fuller Company knowing what is happening with their glue by children it is very sad to see them do nothing and to continue to sell the glue without trying to get the young people to stop getting high from the glue. In Fuller’s defense, the Board of Directors did state some changes. They would change their way of distribution in Honduras and Guatemala by stopping sales to retailers and small-scale users, but this did not happen (Shaw, 2016). They also tried to change the formula but this was highly unsuccessful. In my opinion those who are using it as a drug will continue to seek the glue regardless of what the company does. Therefore, changing the formula would just cause those people to go find something else to sniff on, in order, to get the same effect therefore not getting rid of it. This shows that young people need to have family or friends in order to help prevent them from doing this with