Are the French rail strikes ethical?

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What are ethics? The definition of the dictionary is the following: "a set of principles of right conduct". It is linked to morality too. We can find this concept in a lot of aspects of life. It touches the social environment. A good person is someone who follows an ethical and moral conduct. It is a sort of respect towards everyone and the group community. But ethics don't concern only people. Indeed, they concern states, organizations and companies. Ethics play an important part in decision making for companies. There are lots of examples to illustrate an unethical activity of companies. Indeed, some big companies are often criticized concerning their practice. They make their products in Asian countries, where labor costs are very low and where children can work. After that, they sell those products in Western countries at a very high price because of the brand image. By citing this example, I precisely think about one big US company: Nike which did these practices. Indeed, Nike violated local labor laws by maltreating employees and sweatshop conditions in its Asian factories.

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[...] Conclusion To conclude, the French rail strikes have some moral and ethical aspects. Employees, who benefit from special pension plans, fight against the government's reform to defend their rights and their advantages. Labour trade unions try to negotiate with the government and are ready to extend the strike until they obtain what they want. But the problem is that those strikes block a part of the French inhabitants, who use rail transport. The situation tends to be awful for them. [...]

[...] Are the French rail strikes ethical? Content Introduction I Dilemma description II Stakeholder map III Ethical Discussion IV Personal View Conclusion Bibliography Introduction What are ethics? The definition of the dictionary is the following: set of principles of right conduct”. It is linked to morality too. We can find this concept in a lot of aspects of life. It touches the social environment. A good person is someone who follows an ethical and moral conduct. It is a sort of respect towards everyone and the group community. [...]

[...] The situation was really important and had a lot of impacts for everyone. Employees of rail transport industry decided to go on strike and in particularly employees of SNCF (French National Rail Company), which is a French public enterprise, and employees of RATP, which provide transport services in Paris including underground railways. Most of the main French labour trade unions were mobilized and almost employees did not work and demonstrated their discontentment in streets. Transport train services were not totally provided. [...]

[...] Nevertheless train users were informed about the traffic conditions thanks to free phone number, information flash on Internet, information point in train stations and minimum service. But it was definitely difficult for everyone to move during these two periods of strikes. To summarize the situation in a few words, employees of transport rail went on strike in October and in November and a lot of people met difficulties to travel between big cities and to travel in Paris and its surroundings. What are the reasons of such a strike? The context is very complicated. It has a national, social and political dimension. [...]

[...] He took in consideration all the consultations that he did. The government has to be strong to keep its reform but it has to pay attention to employees' opinion to avoid a too strong conflict situation. But the role of the government is to find a solution for the future of the economy and the French inhabitants by considering their wishes. Presidents of SNCF and RATP These strikes are a very complicated situation for these two persons. The SNCF's CEO, Ms. [...]