Jay Patel wrote a personal ethics statement discussing how he determines right from wrong and his core values. He considers how actions could hurt others emotionally or physically, whether others would approve, and possible negative consequences. His parents taught him to treat others as he wants to be treated and use respect and reason in interactions. Some of his core values are prioritizing family, honesty, and generosity. He would not compromise his ethical foundation or do something wrong like stealing. Unethical business practices discussed include Apple using Foxconn factories with dangerous working conditions where employees live in cramped dorms and work long hours under pressure.

1. Jay Patel
Business 102-020
O’Reily
Personal Ethics Statement
Ethics
Determining what is right and wrong is not as easy as differentiating between black an
white. Everyone has their own option and their own set of ethics, so one thing could look wrong
to one person and the same thing could look right to another person. For example, when I was in
high school, this boy Kyle thought it would be “okay” to throw paper at this girl because he
thought of it as a joke. However, the girl thought it was completely wrong because she did not
find it fun nor did she like what was happening. I personally determined the difference between
right and wrong by asking myself a few questions: Is someone getting hurt, emotionally or
physically? Will other people approve of the actions taking place? What are some reasons this
could be a bad idea?
I believe that my personal ethical perspective comes from a lot of different people and
situations I have been part of over the years. However, I think the best influence is my parents.
As a child, they have always told me how to behave myself and told me how to be proper and
respectful of others. I have always listened to their wise advise because they always used the
line: “How would you feel if someone did something like this?” Their few guidelines have put
me in the right direction to make decisions for myself.
When dealing with others I always treat them the way I want to be treated. So I am
respectful and always try to reason with them. For example, when me and my friend went to
chipotle, he was being very annoying by demand things of the person making us food. I think
that is wrong because if you put yourself into their shoes, they are usually trying their best to

2. make your food, so I am always calm and respectful towards them. I also except the same
treatment back from them.
When going into a professional place, I act differently. I calm myself down a lot because
normally I am a loud and sometimes annoying. Then I try to keep the conversations more on the
professional side along with using language that I would not use in a common setting. I except
the same treatment give to me by the other person.
Core values are the fundamental beliefs of a person. Some of my core values are: family
comes before everything because blood is thicker than water, honest is the best policy, and being
generous because their are a lot of people who have it worse off. All of my core values influence
most of the big decisions I have to make. If my family asks something of me I will do it with no
questions asked, because I believe and trust in my family. Honest is always better than lying
because eventually lies catch up to you and usually those lies hurt people when uncovered.
Generosity keeps the human race going because if we were all greedy gluttonous pigs society
would fall apart.
If someone asked me to comprise my ethical foundation, I would not because these are
the things I believe in and I am not willing to just comprise them for anything. Usually if
someone does ask of this it is to do something wrong. For example, steal something because they
don’ want to pay for it. I cannot stay by this and would probably turn the person in.
People make bad decisions all the time. This might be because they do not have a solid
foundation of ethics or it might be because they were influenced by some wrong people.
Whatever the case, it is happening more and more in today’s business world. It maybe because
people can not control themselves when it comes to being in the presence of so much money that
they most likely are not getting. For example, Apple forces children to work in dangerous and

3. unreasonable conditions so that Apple can make bigger profits on its products. These children
live in horrific breathing in cancerous vapors. The conditions are so bad that “anti-suicide nets”
had to be put up.
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Top 10 Most Unethical Business Practices in Big Business: Apple
Everyone wants an iPhone and no one really cares if it were made by tiny child slaves who are
forced to work in dangerous conditions, inhaling cancerous vapors, for 10 hours a day, seven
days a week. And that is why Apple continues to be so profitable.
But as beautiful as their products are, the production side of their business is a dark, horrific and
unethical one. Apple manufacturer Foxconn is like hell on earth. Conditions at this plant are so
miserable that “anti-suicide nets” had to be installed beneath the windows after a whopping 17
employees leapt to their deaths in protests of the horrific things they had to endure on a daily
basis.
Living quarters like tiny college dorms in a gigantic beehive type factory, each crammed with
crappy bunk beds. Exhausting hours, humiliating discipline, unreasonable workloads, and
pressure to reduce overtime resulting in lower paychecks are just some of the crappy conditions
faced by thousands of Foxconn employees on a daily basis.
The controversy began in 2006 and is still happening today. And while Apple has made efforts to
branch out and use some different manufacturers to produce their products, unethical Foxconn is
still their go-to company.
Besides using Foxconn, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak claimed that Apple was engaging in
unethical tax practices by utilizing an Irish tax loophole to avoid paying billions in taxes on
international sales.