Business Ethics 3rd Edition by Laura Hartman

Exercise 8

As a research project, choose a product with which you are familiar (one with local connections is best), and trace its entire life cycle. From where does this product originate? What resources go into its design and manufacture? How it is transported, sold, used, disposed? Along each step in the life cycle of this product, analyze the economic, environmental, and ethical costs and benefits. Consider if a service could be exchanged for this product. Some examples might include you local drinking water, food items such as beef or chicken, any product sold at a local farmer's market, building materials used in local projects.