Week 2 Blog Post

The outstanding claims of discrimination would affect my feelings about the company in a negative way.  I would not feel as confident in my choices to use the company’s products or services.  For example, I am currently in the hobby of owning aquariums and have started to breed fish.  I have heard bad things about Petco and how they treat their animals, and this definitely discourages me from shopping at their stores. Instead I try to go to local fish stores to buy my fish food and other supplies.  I feel like it is important to shop at places that we support even if it costs a little bit more or we have to use slightly different products.  In the end if we support companies that make the right ethical decisions, it will help our society make a cultural shift in the right direction of encouraging ethical behavior at all levels of business. This is similar to any other company if they had been discriminating against their employees. I think it would be tough to not apply to work at a company that was discriminating against certain employees because I feel a need to reach justice and try to fix problems.  If I had to would definitely apply for a job somewhere that I might disagree with their choices because I might be able to help them shift in the right direction.  Using my previous example of fish stores, I would rather apply at my local fish store because I could grow their reach and keep them moving in the right direction but I would be  willing to try to make a change in the way that Petco handles their animals.