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Ethics And Government Lobbying

Ethics Case Study
Is it ethical for a business to lobby government?

Businesses can have a great influence on society and consumers. Companies such as BHP Billiton who have revenue of approximately 18.5 US billion dollars can also create substantial pressure on governments.
Is lobbying to the government by businesses ethical?
There are three basic approaches that will be discussed regarding this issue, code based theory, outcome based theory and the character based theory to come to a conclusion on this topic.

CODE BASED THEORY

The code based approach is broken into two limbs.
The first limb is “Ross’s general codes of behavior”, which looks at a general code of conduct that should be followed by all people within society.
If companies approach these principles and abide by them, lobbying to the government in my opinion is ethical as long as these principles are strictly followed regardless of the outcome. Some of these principles include;
Duty to be grateful......


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