I envision a future where businesses hold responsibility for their actions and have transparency that allows us to see how/where the products they sell are made, and the production conditions. I value businesses being open and honest, as well as, people taking responsibility for their consumption. Disclosing where they get materials and the processes used to create products would be the ideal situation, but I just don’t see it happening. A lot of companies would rather shut down than be transparent as it would expose their true faces. Using limited resources, underpaying employees, and unsafe/risky working conditions are just some of the things that some large corporations are hiding. If they were open about and had to disclose all this information, we would see a sizeable shift in the pay given to their workers and the work conditions they are subjected to. Businesses and companies are not all to blame, we carry a part of the blame too. We as an individual are not forced to buy something, we choose to consume particular products, and the responsibility of choosing what to consume lies on our shoulders, but everything surrounding the product from the production to the marketing is controlled by the businesses. These corporations are shrew sharks and it can be hard for people to gauge the difference between real and fake as multiple companies act as eco-friendly and green-forward, while the truth is the total opposite and they are only looking out for their benefit. We need to own up to what we consume and take the initiative to be better. Philanthropy will not save us. Throwing money at the climate crisis will not seize it from existing, as long as people keep adding to the problem by consuming without education, the problem really will never get solved. In terms of interventions, laws should be implanted that force companies to be open about their products and the entire process from production to the sale of the product. Failure to comply with the laws should be met with strict penalties and punishments. People will not change their ways/stop looking for loopholes until there are laws in place that will stop them from doing so. It is not fair that the average person suffers the consequences of the rich’s actions.
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I really like your ideas! I hate how hard it is to find out the truth about what truly goes on in businesses and I don't understand why lack of transparency has become the norm. I think most consumers would appreciate more transparency!
I totally agree that full transparency must be implemented to counteract illegal working conditions and environmental harm. The past year has been filled with protests and attempts at unionization, most notably in the US to reveal what goes on behind the closed doors of these greedy corporations.
Great ideas! You're right in that laws are needed in order for us to stop adding to the problem. It's not enough to try to remedy things when we haven't changed the root causes, and stringent laws can help us do that. As consumers, I agree that we have a role to play, as well, and as a collective, we should put more value and thought in the decisions we make.
Hi Gamen,
Great post! Thank you for bringing insight to the fact that apart from the product we are purchasing, large corporations tend to hide how they treat employees in terms of wage and the working conditions they endure. Philanthropy will indeed not save us and laws that force companies to disclose details from the production to sale of their products will help us tackle the problems creating by large-scale businesses!
Hi, Gamen. I strongly agree with the idea that corporations should take their own social responsibilities and stop letting the public pay for their troubles. More governmental intervention should be applied by implanting laws, enforcing supervision. Moreover, it is always crucial to keep the procedure transparent to avoid corruption and black-box operations.