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While Chipotle was taking a step towards the well being of its customers, many believe this action started an attack that caused more harm than good. In 2015, Timothy B. Lee of Vox.com wrote an article that discussed the rise of people getting sick from eating Chipotle. At the time, Chipotle was getting the word out about the changes they decided to make in their restaurants. They made the statement that all their foods were now going to be free of genetically modified organisms. They were the first major restaurant chain to make this announcement. Many customers were happy by this, while others argued that some of the meat they claim to be “GMO-free” actually comes from animals that are fed GMO grains. Although Chipotle was coming …show more content…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they were not able to track where the source of the illness originated from. A quote directly from the CDC is, “A review of Chipotle's distribution records by state and federal regulatory officials was unable to identify a single food item or ingredient that could explain illnesses in either outbreak.” Also when testing the strain of E. coli found in those who were infected, it was found that the strain was other than the one they normally find in food. This just helps further back up the fact that the biotech industry physically tainted the food …show more content…
I chose accountability as a virtue of character due to the fact that the GMO activists were not holding themselves accountable for their actions against the health and wellbeing of customers. The next virtue I chose was civic-mindedness, which was shown in the aspect of Chipotle trying to help society by feeding them non-GMO foods, while the biotech industry did all that was in their power to mess that up. I felt that consideration was violated by the biotech industry causing hardship not only to Chipotle, but also its customers. Fairness was also a virtue that was absent from the troubles with Chipotle. Humaneness was violated in the way the biotech “mafia” infected Chipotle’s customers. Lastly, lawfulness was absolutely violated when the biotech industry secretly contaminated the food that was being served across the nation. To avoid the reoccurrence of any of these, I believe Chipotle is already doing the right actions. I think Chipotle is taking all precautions that need to be taken and are doing everything in their power to prevent this from ever happening again. In my true opinion, I feel that they should investigate even more thorough than previously before so that they can have a concrete case against the biotech industry for what has been done. Other than that opinion, they seem
While Chipotle was taking a step towards the well being of its customers, many believe this action started an attack that caused more harm than good. In 2015, Timothy B. Lee of Vox.com wrote an article that discussed the rise of people getting sick from eating Chipotle. At the time, Chipotle was getting the word out about the changes they decided to make in their restaurants. They made the statement that all their foods were now going to be free of genetically modified organisms. They were the first major restaurant chain to make this announcement. Many customers were happy by this, while others argued that some of the meat they claim to be “GMO-free” actually comes from animals that are fed GMO grains. Although Chipotle was coming …show more content…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they were not able to track where the source of the illness originated from. A quote directly from the CDC is, “A review of Chipotle's distribution records by state and federal regulatory officials was unable to identify a single food item or ingredient that could explain illnesses in either outbreak.” Also when testing the strain of E. coli found in those who were infected, it was found that the strain was other than the one they normally find in food. This just helps further back up the fact that the biotech industry physically tainted the food …show more content…
I chose accountability as a virtue of character due to the fact that the GMO activists were not holding themselves accountable for their actions against the health and wellbeing of customers. The next virtue I chose was civic-mindedness, which was shown in the aspect of Chipotle trying to help society by feeding them non-GMO foods, while the biotech industry did all that was in their power to mess that up. I felt that consideration was violated by the biotech industry causing hardship not only to Chipotle, but also its customers. Fairness was also a virtue that was absent from the troubles with Chipotle. Humaneness was violated in the way the biotech “mafia” infected Chipotle’s customers. Lastly, lawfulness was absolutely violated when the biotech industry secretly contaminated the food that was being served across the nation. To avoid the reoccurrence of any of these, I believe Chipotle is already doing the right actions. I think Chipotle is taking all precautions that need to be taken and are doing everything in their power to prevent this from ever happening again. In my true opinion, I feel that they should investigate even more thorough than previously before so that they can have a concrete case against the biotech industry for what has been done. Other than that opinion, they seem