As the economy continues to spiral down, companies are making the decision to layoff many workers. Companies like Intel and Microsoft have laid off upwards of 5,000 employees. That is a lot of families changed. With so many people struggling in the economy, the question arises: Is it Ethical for companies to lay off so many workers just to ensure high profits?
This question is complex and perhaps depends on you view of ethics. In a way, although it is bad for those who are laid off, if it saves the jobs of the rest of the workers, is it not better? Or is it better for the company to just break even and keep those workers?
You decide. Take a Bite and let me know about layoffs.
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I don't think this is an ethical or unethical decision here. I have experience friends of family who have been laid off from a job, but the people doing the lay offs really have no choice in the matter and are just told they need to make so many lay offs and that's exactly what they do. I'm assuming the way they choose who to lay off is based off of seniority in the company, but I could be wrong. Who knows.
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