Ethics are moral guidelines, which govern good behaviour so behaving ethically is doing what is morally right.

Decision making for a business will be hard enough as it is but when they have to consider the ethics as well as the decisions this is when business just seems to forget the ethical element and just do whatever this is because there is usually a priority order of the decisions made so there number on priority may be Making a profit and there last priority may be the ethical / or how eco friendly it is and its these companies that may be scrutinised for caught out for it at a later date. The ethics of a business can vary depending on the company when businesses are making a decision they should always ask them self’s the following question is it an ethical issues and what I mean by this is does it abide by the laws and does it somewhat put back into trying to keep the world natural. But if a business is proven to be ethically wrong or to be bending the law for there company and treating employees unfairly then this can lead to mass boycotts as well as a loss of custom for the industry. On the other hand there is a lot of businesses’ today who do and who always have proven to be pro ethics. Meaning that they have always had the ethical journey at the front of every managerial decision made.

Primark is one of the many companies that were caught out for there unethical methods back in 2008. Primark were exposed for using sweatshop’s as well as slave labour. They wanted a low cost clothing line so they could sell the clothing to the public at a low price without compromising its ethics. But this low price doesn’t always mean a fair price. Whist the UK/Ireland were enjoying the new found love for the high street mega store Primark the children in India were working for as little as 60p per day. Once Primark were caught out of this sweatshop horror they