a. Dumping is resource used by many manufacturers. Dumping is when manufacturers export their products overseas, that can no longer be sold or are banned in the U.S. (or their other societies) due to harmfulness effects. This is a solution to quickly get rid of the unwanted items in one society and for manufacturers still have an opportunity to make some profit.
b. An example of dumping is when the US banned selling fire-retardant children’s pajamas because they contained the fire-retardant chemical Tris which was found to cause kidney cancer in children. Soon exporters had been placing ads that they would buy fabric containing Tris, so the manufacturers exported the pajamas overseas to make a profit. Another example is when 450,000 baby pacifiers …show more content…
Putting aside the questions of legality, what moral arguments can be given for and against dumping? What is your position on dumping and what principles and values do you base it on? Should we have laws prohibiting more types of dumping? Must this be an international effort, and if so, how do you do it?
a. The moral arguments that can be given for dumping is it is beneficial for third world countries who typically couldn’t afford these products without them being dumped. The moral arguments that can be given against dumping is if the only reason manufactures are dumping the products are to make a profit even though the banned products can cause dangerous effects.
b. I believe that dumping is alternative for manufactures to get rid of problems quickly while still making a profit. They don’t think about the long-term consequences and the other societies involved. I think this is completely non-moral and unfair of manufactures take advantages of countries that don’t clearly understand the consequences, such as death. The principles and values that I based my position on my personal ethics. I believe that taking the easy way out to get rid of your problems and not thinking about everyone else the decision can affect is not
b. An example of dumping is when the US banned selling fire-retardant children’s pajamas because they contained the fire-retardant chemical Tris which was found to cause kidney cancer in children. Soon exporters had been placing ads that they would buy fabric containing Tris, so the manufacturers exported the pajamas overseas to make a profit. Another example is when 450,000 baby pacifiers …show more content…
Putting aside the questions of legality, what moral arguments can be given for and against dumping? What is your position on dumping and what principles and values do you base it on? Should we have laws prohibiting more types of dumping? Must this be an international effort, and if so, how do you do it?
a. The moral arguments that can be given for dumping is it is beneficial for third world countries who typically couldn’t afford these products without them being dumped. The moral arguments that can be given against dumping is if the only reason manufactures are dumping the products are to make a profit even though the banned products can cause dangerous effects.
b. I believe that dumping is alternative for manufactures to get rid of problems quickly while still making a profit. They don’t think about the long-term consequences and the other societies involved. I think this is completely non-moral and unfair of manufactures take advantages of countries that don’t clearly understand the consequences, such as death. The principles and values that I based my position on my personal ethics. I believe that taking the easy way out to get rid of your problems and not thinking about everyone else the decision can affect is not