Case Study: Dow Corning

Case Study: Dow Corning With an ever-increasing demand for products and services with Americas booming economy, consumers are exposed every day to new, innovative, and sometimes dangerous products. With these improvements in technology and sophistication, there are many products that are not, and cannot be understood by the consumer. There is very much interest now in the ethics of consumer production and marketing, in order to protect the consumer from these sometimes dangerous or misleading …

…how Dow violated their consumers on the basis of the contractual theory. I feel that through Dow's violation of the Duty of disclosure, the Duty not to Misrepresent, and the Duty to Comply, as I stated in the paper, Ethical practices were not held. Dow Corning blatantly misrepresented and withheld information that was essential to the consumers decision and contract making process. Works Cited Velasquez, Robert. Business Ethics, Concepts and Cases. Prentice Hall, New Jersey. 1998.