Understanding Business
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259929434
Author: William Nickels
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14.3, Problem 1MED
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To determine: The things an individual will do if one of the product that is being used as natural is not natural, whether an individual will sell the product as it is, re-label it or remove it from store and the consequence of each action.
Introduction: Ethics refers to the moral principles that define what is right and what is wrong. Ethics are different for every individual. One thing that is right for one individual may not be right for other individual.
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