Managing for Social Responsibility: L’Oreal L’Oreal is listed as one of the Top 50 Socially Responsible Corporations, according to Mecleans.Ca in June 2010 (Top 50 Socially Responsible Corporation). The article listed companies like HP, Honda and McDonalds, which all have demonstrated their commitment to being socially responsible. L’Oreal is committed to an eco-responsible business model and is respectful of their social and environmental responsibilities. L’Oreal has demonstrated that they dedicated to being social responsible, by supporting HIV/AIDS awareness, creating safe and environmentally friendly factories and their continual commitment to making efforts to “go green” has led to the production of environmentally safe product. …show more content…
Organizations need to find ways to share their knowledge with similar companies and unite to make a healthy environment for future generations. L’Oreal’s products are known as among the safest beauty care products available on the market, including makeup, perfume, hair and skin care. According to L’Oreal’s website, “a high percentage of ingredients used by the company are from vegetable origin. Around 40% of ingredients are sourced from renewable plants.” (L 'OREAL 's Commitment to Green and Sustainable Chemistry). Plants are generally considered renewable resource as they can be continually reproduced and regenerate relatively quickly. Companies using renewable plants benefit from having a large stock of resources at a relatively low cost which both protect the environment and allows them to provide considerable savings. Additional to them using renewable plants and vegetables products, they have committed to ending animal testing in their cosmetics by using alternative methods such as tissue engineering, vitro testing and development of predictive methods. Episkin, a subsidiary of L’Oreal has been working to develop reconstructed human skin to better understand its biological behavior and tolerance to ingredients. In their continuing efforts Episkin acquired SkinEthic, leader in Tissue Engineering, to develop and research alternatives to animal testing. In 2007, SkinEthic with Episkin has developed 5-in-vitro tests this is, according to ECVAM (European Centre
Animal testing should not be used to make cosmetic products because animals are so different than humans that it often yields unreliable results.The website Peta2 states, “Less than 2 percent of human illnesses are ever seen in animals. Over 98 percent never affect the animal” (John Carpenter, ). This demonstrates that testing the products on animals is a useless and unreliable way to test the products. Companies test on animals to see the effects that it may be caused by that product, but they cannot truly see the effects that it will have on humans because, like the quote states, over 98 percent of the illnesses never affect that animals. Therefore the scientist that test on these animals will not even see the effects that it could have
With the rapid development of social economy, the public tends to focus on the social responsibility of the company, as well as feedback to the society, rather than pay close attention to how to create interest in the company. Especially, environmental protection and human rights has became the most pressing social phenomenon. Under this
Introduction, animals that are being tested safety of their products that’s been a subject of an intense debate for over 10 years. While, a lot of people that alleged animals, the remained animals are being subjugated by the research cosmetics companies all over the country/all over the world. Even though, the scientists frequently profit from animal research, I don’t think all the suffering, the pain, and the animals dying are worth just trying find out the human benefits from the products.
Cruelty-free cosmetic brands are an advancement that will better the safety of animals and people. To exemplify, the Sydney Morning Herald states that, “It’s very difficult to work out the health hazards of synthetic hair dyes, sunscreens and preservatives using animal tests” (Page 1). Products used on animals will get different outcomes compared to humans. A product that is made for a human needs to be tested on a human to get accurate results. Testing products on an animal can have certain chemicals that humans can withstand while it can harm the animal. People do not go around using animal products on themselves because of the reactions they can get from them. Additionally, in the text, 3D-printing human skin: The end of animal testing, “bioprinted tissues could also make product testing cheaper and more accurate, cutting down the need for tests on animals” (Mendoza 1). Cosmetic lines are taking the initiative to produce products with no intentions of testing on animals. With the worry people have with side effects of products on human trials; scientists want to see where the options of technology can
We will begin this paper discussing whether or not Company Q’s actions have been socially responsible. In the scenario Company Q has chosen to throw out day old food instead of allowing it to be donated. The reason for their decision was to deter theft from the employees who may take the food instead of actually donating it. This in my opinion is socially irresponsible of Company Q. Company Q’s store has indeed faced some challenges, seeing as it is in a high crime area. More often than not high crime areas are also low income areas, a combination that surely both directly and indirectly effects the profits of the store. Profits are important as any business needs to be profitable obviously, but it should never be at the expense of people. People are one of the most vital parts of any business as you need them as consumers, and of course aid in running the business as employees.
Company Q is a small local grocery store chain who has made poor decisions when it comes to social responsibility. Company Q’s business is suffering because the owners’ do not know the heart of running a business, Social responsibility. When opening a business it is not all about the money. Sure it is nice to think about growth and reaping the benefits of a bigger bank account, but the first thing that is important in business is the consumers. Who is buying what you are selling? What will make consumers buy more, comeback, or tell friends? Businesses flourish around consumers. So if it is money you are after, then consumers are who you need and want. So in business in order for Company Q to get what they want and need, they will need to give the consumer what they want and need, social responsibility. Give back, it has always been said “It is better to give than to receive.” After careful review of Company Q's business actions, this company lacks social responsibility in many areas.
Many people might say that animal testing has proven results for the safety of beauty products and cosmetics. Although, in some cases it is helpful, why would you want to use such an old outdated method of research in 2017 many more methods have opened up due to advanced technology. Animal testing dates back to the 1900’s and yet in the 21st-century companies are still doing this even though it is more costly than alternative methods.
Many of America’s favorite go-to skin care products and cosmetics are tested on animals. Despite that, there are products on the market that use alternative testing procedures yet are still considered safe and effective. In the article titled Animal Testing on Cosmetics written by author Ian Murnaghan, the controversy of animal testing in cosmetics is referred to when he says, “The practice is particularly controversial because animals may experience discomfort, suffering and ultimately die, all in the name of aesthetics and 'looking good.’”. Much of what he says in this quote can be applied to extremely popular cosmetic brands like Sephora , Almay, and Revlon who all use animal testing to build their products to maximum use. Brands that compare to these are ELF, Too Faced, and Physicians Formula who all claim to using alternative procedures to show the importance of being
The debate about animal testing gains more and more attention every day. It is questioned whether it is ethical to test on living animals or not. Ethical or not, animals are the closest living organisms that have very similar structures to the human body. Animal testing has had a major impact on the improvements of finding drugs and treatments for our health and medicine. Both drugs and cosmetics are by law ought to be tested before being distributed out to the market. This law was established in 1938 when the U.S law passed the Food, Drug and cosmetic act. While searching to discover if my everyday facial cream is tested on animals I found that effectively it is. Knowing that the Neutrogena the #1 dermatologist recommended acne wash is being tested effectively gives the consumer relief of
Many supporters of animal testing believe that the new methods of testing are not going to be as effective as the original method and the results of the tests will not provide as much useful scientific information as the animal tests would. While animal testing seems to be the easiest and most reliable possible way to gather information for human products without causing the humans any pain or discomfort that is incorrect. There are new innovative ways to test for human cosmetic products that may not only be less controversial than animal testing, but also more reliable and effective than animal testing. These new methods are proving to not only be less harmful, but they are also considered more accurate in some cases. One of the new alternative methods that is being used to substitute animal testing is using specific frozen body parts that have been donated to a hospital bank rather than using living animal’s body parts. An example of this is using donated corneas for the Draize eye test rather than inserting the testing substance into the eyes of the animals. An additional alternative is growing human body cells in laboratories and using these cells for testing instead of the animals. These are not only saving the lives of many animals they are also being considered more effective because these test subjects are actually dependable and relevant
Animal testing should not be used in cosmetic industries as a source of experimentation because it is unethical and inefficient. It is a cruel way of trying to find results that are not even always trustworthy. Everyone has a different reaction to different chemicals so why even bother animals for testing? Also different species can respond differently when exposed to the same chemical so animal testing can be inefficient. The results from animal tests can be quite variable and difficult to interpret therefore it may not be applicable to human beings. Thus, consumer safety still cannot be guaranteed even after these gruesome tests which are totally unethical. It is also unethical to torture and end the lives of these animals each year for our own luxury. Everyday cosmetic industries are using defenseless animals very cruelly just to carry out some most often useless tests. Instead they should use other alternatives which has been proved to yield better and accurate results than tests involving animals.
(CFHS, 2014) L’Oréal Canada should work hard to ensure that all of our manufacturing faculties comply with the standards of CCAC so that our faculties can be certified for good animal practices as well. It is important that our researchers and manufacturers find alternative methods to animal testing, and only resort to the use of animals when all else fails. If there is no option but to use animals for the testing of cosmetic products, the number of animals used should be minimized, and pain and discomfort for those animals should be reduced as well. This is how the implementation of the three R’s of ethics should be used with regards to animals in research so that we have good business practices and consumers will be more willing to purchase our products.
Millions of animals are being unneedlessly tested on for cosmetics, even though there are plenty of alternatives available and most of the results are unreliable or not applicable to humans. Although the fight against animal testing has made huge progress recently, America has yet to stop this cruel practice and chooses to torture animals while other countries are making a stop to the testing (“Animal Testing 101”).
It is the nature of business to expand its business and increase sales. What is ethical? In my opinion ethics are defined by what is "right." Some ethics are defined by law but many must come from within the person or business. One must realize that sometimes what might be considered unethical by law or ethical by law might need to be revisited and thought about if the law or lack of it produces unethical outcomes.
One of the leading industries in the United States is the cosmetics business. When cosmetics started up people were applying all different types of product to their bodies. While using the products, people were starting to acquire serious injuries to their skin and hair. This forced make-up producers to figure out a way to test the products before it hit the market. In the 1940s, scientists started to use animals for testing purposes. In recent years, testing on animals has decreased because producers use safer ingredients in their products. Even though there are safe ingredients, people continue to experiment with new chemicals and dyes. To avoid major lawsuits, companies still experiment on animals to prove the product is safe. With all these new products, the Food and Drug