Hooters Current Ethical Issue

The franchise owners are required to follow certain guidelines when operating under the franchise license agreement, and protecting the image of the brand is one of the most important guidelines to follow. Therefore, the leaders of Chick-Fil-A should be required to follow the same rules, and not distract from the image the brand is trying to portray. The statements made by Mr. Cathy are clearly the managerial outlook regarding the topic, but they have been taught not to place private sentiments onto the Chick-Fil-A

When an ethical dilemma turns to lies. On Oct. 20, 2014, Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald sixteen times. Once the tape was released thirteen month later, the relationship between the community, the mayor, and the Chicago Police Department was shattered.

In today’s 21st century, it takes good ethics for every company to strive competitively to maintain as the best top competitor in their industries; and has its provocations of smart goal as to how successfully they anticipate their business to function, when it comes to finances, attracting and recruiting employees, begin an admirable corporation to citizens, and while showing customers and employees love, courteous, and appreciation. Companies forestall unethical behavior of bad reputation to uphold the organization values. These atrocious speculations can permanently cause decreased revenues and will degrade the company name, sometimes irreparably damaged.

The example of hiring only women as servers could arguably violate the best-known employment anti-discrimination law found in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In summary, Section 703 of the Act mentions, it shall be unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to hire an individual based on sex. Hooters is a prime example of a franchise that has found loop holes in discrimination law. From the perspective of Hooters they are in the business of entertaining and their brand relies on having attractive women “entertain” their guests. This is a gray area and ethically speaking, I would pass on going into Hooters, because in my opinion, this is an act of discrimination. Regardless of my opinion, Hooters continues to hire only women and uses BFOQ as a defense. A BFOQ is deemed to a specific job and “reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the business,” and is determined on a

It is somewhat surprising that employers continue to violate employment laws dealing with discrimination. One case, Catterson v. Marymount Manhattan College, litigated and settled in 2013, was especially egregious. According to the EEOC (2013), the college had refused,

This case is about a group of women who were discriminated against based on their gender. The lawsuit was put into the hands of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) after a group of Latino women that worked for Rivera Vineyard, Inc. reported multiple complaints. Those involved included Rivera Vineyards Company employees that consist of Latino female workers, male workers, and male managers. Most of the Latino farm workers suffering victimization were females, there were also some males. These males were targeted because of their attempt to speak up on behalf of the harassed females.

The United States Supreme Court, as well as federal district and state courts, defines employee rights and an employer’s liability for employment law violations. Treatment on the job, including hiring, firing, and promotions, must be based on qualifications and merit and not on race, gender, age, sexual preference or how one responds to sexual advances. Yet despite these laws and policies, many employees continue to suffer from workplace harassment and employment discrimination.

Hooters’ ADR agreement states that the company has the right to change the rules and procedures at any time – even while in the midst of an arbitration proceeding – without notice. In addition, the rules require employees to disclose their cases to the company, along with a list of witnesses and a record of facts known to each witness. Hooters, meanwhile, is not required to reciprocate by disclosing the details of its defense. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit summed it up by stating that the Hooters rules are “so one-sided that their only

This lawsuit unfortunately, gives HR and recruiting a bad name. After reading the article I have to admit that I was both appalled, alarmed; however, I wasn’t shocked, though. Unfortunately, discrimination is too common.

Regardless of if it hurts their numbers it should not be something that is their concern at the end of the day, which is addressed by our second point. It should be decided by the parents or legal guardian of that child if or not they want to let their kids go to Hooters. At the end of the day it wouldn’t be anything different than going to any other neighborhood restaurant. Hooters marketing themselves as a neighborhood restaurant is what supports this as the parallel would be certain areas wouldn’t allow people with children to move there.

In the early ‘80s the Johnson & Johnson company was a very successful brand. So successful, that some of their most popular brands were able to corner more than a third of their market. However, all of their accomplishments were threatened when a series of unfortunate murders tarnished one their most popular names: Tylenol.

Portly people may also have difficulty in the workplace. Heavy people may be considered a risk due to obesity related disease. Roehling and Reese (2002) believe that fat people have been perceived by employers as a burden when it comes to providing health care insurance. Some companies have chastised employees for their

The ethical dilemma or issue of the burger company is who do we keep pleasing? The consumer or keep effecting our environment. Water is free however our government charges a fee to use it. This fee doesn’t increase or decrease if you use less or more, this is a set rate the company often agree to or a standard price agreement when they had arrange this deal. Now the burger company can cut production and help save the environment which is affecting the drought. Or do you go and affect your customer and business. “Wholesome Hamburger Company”, may be a well establish company which bring in millions or billions of customers. Many come back because they enjoy the taste,

As stated by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy under Business Ethics, a business is a productive entity that provides goods and services for sale (Moriarty). “Business ethics can thus be understood as the study of the ethical dimensions of productive organizations and commercial activities. This includes ethical analyses of the production, distribution, marketing, sale, and consumption of goods and services” (Moriarty 1). In short, the idea of ethics can be described as morality, believing what is right and what is wrong morally. Big challenges fast food chains like the restaurant Chipotle Mexican Grill face in terms of ethics are requiring food safety, providing a safe environment for customers, giving the staff fair wages and secure working conditions. Ethics in business are important to the owners of restaurants such as the fast food chain Chipotle, owners of these fast food locations decide the difference between providing quality goods and maximizing profits. Figuring the efficiency of income comes to questioning if these actions are detrimental to the consumer.

In addition, McDonald’s has been facing a series of lawsuits and defamations. An example of such