Animals and Business Ethics (The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series) 2022 Original PDF
This chapter provides an introduction to the topic of animals and business ethics and some of the key ethical issues raised by businesses which use animals for profit. As animals are used as food sources, for entertainment and tourism, as research and experimental subjects, and as a source of labour, along with the undeniable suffering that many of these practices entail, it is vital that business ethics expand its focus to include the moral evaluation of such industries. Animal-related industries affect many stakeholders, including the animals themselves, the humans that work with them, as well as various ecosystems, and to be socially responsible and sustainable they must address concerns regarding the impacts of their actions on these groups. The contributors to this first volume of this kind lay the groundwork for this burgeoning field of study.