Utilitarianism in Starbucks
Take the position that Starbucks is guided by utilitarianism and analyze how the notion of the moral good in utilitarianism leads to a unique approach to ethical problems. The way to do this is as follows:
- First, present an ethical problem confronted by Starbucks. You can choose one such ethical problem from the video.
- Then, apply the characteristics of utilitarianism that you identified for this discussion in the attempt to solve this problem.
- After this, analyze how the notion of the moral good present in utilitarianism, and the characteristics that you identified in particular, shape the approach to solving this problem.
APA Format and word cound of at least 300.
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Some time back, Ethiopia attempted to register its own trademark for its coffee. This is because the government and the people in the coffee industry sector had discovered they were losing approximately forty seven million dollars as a result of not having a trade mark for their coffee. This was however met by an attempt by star bucks to block the registration as the company wanted to have the coffee displayed as its own. This is one of the major ethical…
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