It is always a question of concern to identify strong moral behavior, employee consideration, and ethics in corporate culture and modern CEOs. The news relating to Aron Feuerstein provides an example of a CEO who shows great ethical and community awareness in the modern era. The ethical and community work by Feuerstein in the aftermath of a fire in the business unit was especially noticeable. Feuerstein is considered as a moral hero; he kept his employees on payroll when the company mill was burnt in 1995 (Kile). Aron at the age of 70 years of age was in a position to collect the insurance money, but he showed the guts to accept his fault and overlooked the opportunity to set the mill in an overseas location. He stood on his stance and built the new factory where it was present in the beginning and also paid the jobless employees at a cost of $1.5M per week. He showed great interest in the betterment of the workers and employees. He was a religious person and believed it was not moral to oppress the workers who had nothing to do with the fire in Malden Mills.
Feuerstein would have made the same decision whether the company was publically traded the results would have been different as people would have supported him in resolving the issues. He believed that it is the obligation of humans not to do unjust or oppress the ones who are less fortunate than them.
The true meaning of business is to enhance the profit maximization and not to think of moral and ethical concerns related to the processes involved. The Business community critiques the decision of Feuerstein’s decision since he took a step to favor the employees and not to safeguard his business (Ethix; Kile).
Works Cited
Ethix. "Was Aaron Feuerstein Wrong?" 25 June 2011. ethix.org. 3 June 2016. <http://ethix.org/2011/06/25/was-aaron-feuerstein-wrong>.
Kile, J. "Aaron Feuerstein - Moral Heros | Moral Heros." 22 March 2015. moralheroes.org. 2 June 2016. <http://moralheroes.org/aaron-feuerstein>.
