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Business Ethics Case Study: The Carlson Company

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• There is a distinctive competitive advantage offered to a company making responsible and morally ethical decisions such as signing The Code. Carlson Company has stepped up where there are bound to be many agencies that have not done so, and this alone puts them head and shoulders above the competition. Child sex tourism with hopefully gain more awareness and abiding by a set of codes to prevent it will optimistically be more so a requirement to practice travel fulfillment rather than an ethical choice. The Carlson Company can lay claim in that situation that it did the right thing by stepping up ahead of the game and doing its part to stop the crime in its tracks. • The Code offers a network that the company can use as a resource for its …show more content…

This means that the company would not just profit, but build and expand into a well-known tourist hotbed. Building a solid foundation is instrumental into expansion success within the region, and this would be a great step in that direction. Disadvantages: • There would be scrutiny that the company would face building a hotel in an area that is notorious for child sex tourism. • More fuel is added to the fire when you consider that the company signed a code that very specifically works to prevent such an illegal and nefarious activity. • The Carlson Company takes great pride in ensuring that it conducts responsible business practices. To paraphrase from its official website, the company takes pride in taking responsible business practices seriously. It prides itself in using these practices to contribute to the community and the environment and is recognized by several designations including being a signatory to the UN Global Compact since 2010. This designation places values on certain international principles including supporting and respecting human rights, environmental factors, and labor regulations among other concentrations. And although this is a new designation not applicable to Costa Rica in 2006, the company prides itself with its commitment to ethical corporate responsibility. Building the hotel for profit and expansion will directly put that commitment into question, and thus the company will lose

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