The company I selected in which I interact with on a frequent basis would be Ebay. Ebay is known as one of the top selling retailer sites/companies within the world. It is a public corporation, and overall has had its fair share of ethical and non ethical moments, in which we will explore throughout this paper.
To kick things off, Ebay has been proven to be a platform that encourages purchasing from sellers who are associated with charity. In a simple search through their seller’s products, it will be noticeable that sellers (who choose to donate all or give a dividend) to charity will have a special indicator with information of said specific charity. An article posted to Ebay’s forum section declared them as one of the worlds most ethical companies, which would also add to their resume and award column. This would rule in the favor of Ebay being viewed as quite ethical when it comes to supporting such organizations that presumably set out to provide care in some way, shape, or form.
In terms of negatives, there isn’t much information to be dug up within politics. However in the recent years of Ebay’s operation, there have been various scamming’s that have occurred. Some of these scamming’s (which also bring into question paypal, usps but start with Ebay qualification overall) were either not addressed by Ebay to the best of their ability or were disregarded until a community of press/individuals released complaints into the media. Since then, Ebay has claimed to have innovated methods of verification and authentication, though time will tell.
To conclude this paper, Ebay has somewhat of a balance within its ethical behavior, though the social responsibility scale tends to lean more towards being supportive in Ebays case.
Sources: https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-inc-honored-as-one-of-the-worlds-most-ethical-companies/#:~:text=Honored%20As%20One%20of%20the%20World’s%20Most%20Ethical%20Companies,-Richard%20Brewer%2DHay&text=eBay%20Inc%20has%20been%20recognized,of%20nominations%20for%20the%20award. –
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/may/21/ebay-accused-failing-sellers-buyers-manipulate-system-protection
Hello Jamal, I’ve never used Ebay and I’ve never heard any controversy involving involving them. I didn’t know they were one of the most ethical companies and about how charity oriented they are!.
Hi Jammal, you have described well about EBay. it also most selling retailer company in the world. They have different categories in the Market. Basically we are discussing about the Ethical and Social responsibilities. so we have to include details with related topics. in the 3rd Paragraph you have described about the negativity. i think every business have some positive and Some of them have negative points that we have to include our discussion.