Ethics in Business Communications: The McDonald’s Scandal

Ethics in Business Communications: The McDonald’s Scandal Ethics in business are forms of professional personalities that compel all morals to be in line. It separates the right from the wrong, and justice and crime. In business, this goes without saying that one must be as professional as he or she can be when dealing with all sorts of races, cultures, age, and religions. Racism is not something in the past; it still takes place every single day, even more so in the work place. The article titled, “Get the ghetto out of the store”, was very hard to read without feeling shame on the society that we live in. In the state of Virginia, McDonalds restaurants have been subject to racial and sexual harassment. All 10 plaintiffs have come forward and admitted that supervisors would use racial slur at word. The supervisors were using words like, “ghetto”, “ratchet”, and “dirty Mexican”. Furthermore, according to the article, “A large number of white employees were hired in March 2014, and in May about 15 African American employed were terminated, according to the complaint” (Daily Tel, 2015). It goes to show how important Ethics are in business communications. Employers have to maintain a standard in which there is no unethical treatment towards their employees. Employers have to leave race, religion, sex, age, and any other related moral out of the work place. Our team discussion was very interesting to read. Every team member had the same opinion as to how wrong it was to judge and mistreat these employees. One team member mentioned that there is two sides to every story and it might be interesting to gather facts about the supervisors and their intake on all of this. I would also be really interested in hearing the supervisor’s views. However, when more then 10 employees come forward, it almost makes