Business and Climate Change: Discussion of Business Ethics and their Violations

Business and Climate Change
Business is by far one of the oldest as well as most common income earner in any economy. Business is the highest income earner for almost every nation in the globe. For this reason, business is considered as a key priority when it comes to setting up strategies which could facilitate the growth of the nation by achieving greater economic milestones. Business, in definition, is the exchange of good or services with currency. However, different countries practice different methods of doing business under this common principle.
However, different cultures in different parts of the world conduct business differently according to their own cultures. Different nations face different challenges in their respective business sectors. Some of this challenges can be similar and others can be totally different. Some of the challenges that face businesses around the globe are the violations of business ethics.
Discussion of Business Ethics and their Violations
These violations include the use of forced prison, bonded, compulsory or indentured labor in the production or manufacture of any goods. In addition to this, modern forms of slavery such as compulsory overtime, human trafficking as well as withholding of personal documentation such as work permits, compensation as well identification documents is also a gross violation CITATION Chr01 \l 1033 (Moon 2001).
The use of child labor is also a major violation, such that persons younger than the specified age set by different countries with the universal age being sixteen years old should not be employed for the production or manufacture of any goods. Persons below the legal age set for the completion of compulsory education are also prohibited from holding a job. This means that companies operating in different countries all around the globe have to be conversant with the labor laws and regulations of the said countries and be compliant to themCITATION AMa \l 1033 (Marcoux 2009).
Companies should also be conversant with the set working hours of particular countries in which they are operating in so as not to violate its employee's rights. They should also be conversant with the set compensation laws as well as the stated rights on the benefits of employees and how they should be handled. All their policies concerning the treatment of employees within the workplace should comply with the local as well as national standards. For instance, the international set working hours limit is at 48hours a week with a day or two off in a seven-day period of time. Any work done after the normal working hour's period should be compensated adequately according to the length of the time worked past normal working hours. This overtime should be in necessary business circumstances and should not be imposed to the employeesCITATION AMa \l 1033 (Marcoux 2009).
Companies should also ensure that the health and safety of the employees are covered adequately. This means that they should ensure that the working environment is safe as well as the equipment the employees use. Adequate measures should also be taken to avoid as well as tackle any emergency that would threaten to take place. The working environment should also meet the set local as well as national hygienic standard...