Practices in Industries

(J-M)

Unethical business practices

Some companies blatantly thrive on unethical behaviour and practices

Business houses that comply with ethics to determine their

conduct are shrinking in number A free environment is present or promoted where acts of violation of norms to amass wealth in an unethical manner is followed Organizations now recognize the positive effects and out comes of being ethical , humane and considerate

Media
Unethical practices like:
Paid news Stories of corporate lobbies controlling the news flow or

attempting to manipulate views and the emergence of

multiple informational platforms Media houses being generally owned by business

conglomerates with specific agendas

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Medias desire to be sensational and citing competition Plagiarism Headlines are twisted and turned so that a win can look

like a loss and a loss can look like a win

Political affiliations and hence their intent of airing the news is very controversial

Manufacturing Industry
Inferior Quality sub standard products at a higher price. The quality given is not up to the mark or claimed by them Child labour- employing children below the age of 14. example : Fireworks and Silk manufacture Poor Working Condition- hazardous materials, harmful

situations, extreme temperatures, and abuse from employers.

Sweatshop workers often work long days, sometimes exceeding 14 hours, and earn pay far below a "living wage". Ex : Nike Inc. &

Apple Inc.

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Packaging-Copying the style of packaging in order to mislead the consumer. For example shoes that have the brand name PIIMA, can mislead a customer, because of the resemblance to the much more famous brand name PUMA Packaging that doesn't contain warnings

Harming the environment-Coca-Colas bottling plant in kala

dera , Nestle (Indonesia)

Unethical Practices in Leather Industry

1 billion animals being slaughtered every

year for the global leather industry

The animals suffer from un-anaesthetised castration, tail-docking and dehorning

Some are even forced to walk hundreds of

miles for slaughter CDC have found that the local residents living by a tannery in Kentucky are five times more likely to develop Leukaemia

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Animal transport laws specify that only six cows be transported in a lorry. But, according to PETA, four times as many animals are forced into a single vehicle "Exotic" animals such as alligators are also factory farmed for their skins Customers are cheated by selling them Rexine instead of leather

MUSIC INDUSTRY
The most common form of unethical practice in the music business is payola Record companies have been renowned for screwing over their artists in order to advance their own funds Record companies can change the figures for how many records are sold from an artist for certain unethical purposes

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/crime-and-corruptionrecognizing-unethical-practices-in-the.html

Unethical practices in LIQOUR Industry

Unauthorized stocking of Liquor
Not acquired appropriate licenses for the sale of liquor Sale of liquor on dry days Surrogate advertising to mislead the common man Selling liquor to minors over the counter at wine shops No stringent standards maintained at the time of manufacturing liquor Selling of expired stock to addicted people at cheaper rates

Sale of unauthorized liquor (desi ,khamba ,tharra)

KPO
A form of outsourcing in which knowledge- and informationrelated work is carried out by workers in a different company or by a subsidiary of the same organization

Companies resort to knowledge process outsourcing when they: Have a shortage of skilled professionals

Have the opportunity to hire skilled workers earning lower

wages in another location for a lower overall cost

UNETICAL PRATICES IN KPO

Immoral and unethical practices related to handling of crucial data Billing rates are higher as compared to billing rates in BPOs In the KPO they make hoax calls to customers Breach of security-There is a theft of passwords etc They also Make fake performance reports for better performance incentives There is a higher attrition rates in KPO,leaving without serving notice

period.
Dependence on drugs in order to ease out work pressure. Uninformed shuffling of employees across the processes.

Jewellery Industry
Gold is considered as a store house of value in India India consumes over 800 tonnes of gold every year and that accounts for 20% of world gold consumption In India majority of jewellery is still manufactured in traditional method It is one of the fastest growing industry in the Indian Economy

Unethical Practices :
Karat (Purity) Weight Making Charges Karat and price Gemstones Diamond and their certificates

Blood Diamonds