Sanlu located in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province used to be one of the most reliable milk suppliers in China. The scandal happened a few years ago. The main problem was the quality of the milk from this company. More than 300,000 children became sick and at least six died after drinking the milk from Sanlu. Finally, it turns out that chemical grade melamine was added in the milk to misguide the consumers. All young parents were shocked by this news.
The complaints of children becoming sick after drinking the milk appeared since 2007. The company was reluctant to react until 2008. The children became sick from kidney stones and complications caused by the poisonous milk. The conduct of the company is definitely immoral and illegal. This behavior violates the law and moral principles – “do not cheat” and “obey the law”. It is in another way to “killing others”. Is the conclusion overstated? I don’t think so since the severe consequence of their behavior.
Based on the investigation, 21 people have been convicted over this scandal including executives of the Sanlu, milk producers and traders. With the justice, the company went bankrupt and the executives & involved persons were arrested. It is an important alarm to other food companies in China – they should learn the lesson from Sanlu. More importantly, Chinese government should enhance the supervisory on food safety at all levels. Without strong and powerful governmental regulations, this kind of scandal might emerge again one day.
Every company and even every person has the duty to protect our society (what we owe others) and eliminate all kinds of immoral conducts like Sanlu. Without doubt, the government should play the most important role in fighting with the company like Sanlu.
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3 comments:
When I a heard Sanlu powdered milk issue, I was shocked by the news because that my little niece also drink this brand of powdered milk. Sanlu was a trustiness brand before this news occurred. As one of the biggest powered milk producers in China, Sanlu is legally wrong to produce problem powered milk to babies. The CEO and biggest shareholder have arrested and will be punished accounting to Chinese food safety law. On the other hand, the company also morally wrong to do cheat consumers. At the beginning of the issue, Sanlu deny to product problem powered milk and cheat consumers their high quality of the powered milk.
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Looking at your information, this case is pretty clear. The company only focused on profit maximization and it acted morally and legally wrong. It is clear that they have deceived their customers and, more importantly, broke the basic human right. By adding a chemical in their product, the company broke the basic human right ‘right on health’. In this case, the moral rules where encoded in the law since 21 people have been convicted over this scandal.
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It is easy for companies to avoid accusations whenever a problem occurs, especially in a non well ordered society.
Stating that the government is responsible for the problems is not correct, because responsibility in such cases always lies in the hand of the ones who conduct the morally wrong act. The government can only do as much as in their poer at that certain moment of time.
Clearly the company was acting morally wrong, and they have been rightfully punished for their actions.
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