Gods in Business

In the United States, in seems that values and morals are being dominated by greed in the business world. Guptara addresses this in a notable way. He makes us recognize that this problem is only going to persist in the future if the upcoming generations don't take steps to change this corruption. If this issue prolongs, the United States will be in jeopardy with the global market. Guptara points out a few problems we have in our economy and how to change them. I agree with most of want Guptara speaks on, but am more confused than in disagreement with some of the points he tries to make. The topics that interested me the most were when he spoke about government corruption, religion not being part of ethics, and how an individual can change these problems.

First, I believe that the government we have, in the United States, helps the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Having personally known someone that tried to receive help from our government, only to be rejected, gives me some knowledge of this corrupted behavior. This individual who is strong willed, dedicated to getting on the right track needed financial help being a single mother. She was rejected for assistance because she made too much money being a hairdresser. If it wasn't for family coming to her rescue, most likely, she would be homeless. It makes one wonder what our government values and what their morals are. Also, where is the compassion for the people of our country who are trying to get help to better their lives and eventually give back to our economy? Moreover, people who aren't wealthy seem to be encouraged to stay at their low income for fear that the government will take their financial support from them. This is morally wrong. Guptara states how there is an over supply of goods, but still people are dying everyday from hunger. People are paid not to produce goods to keep the market value where it is. Our government is practically bribing our businesses by doing this. This is considered ethically wrong in all my business textbooks and my morals.

Another issue that was discussed by Guptara was on how the United States has a majority of citizens that are religious, but have businesses that are corrupt due to unethical behavior. You would think that religious people would be ethical, but when it comes to temptations it's hard to tell what they will do. As in the Enron case, the defendants thought that what they were being charged with wasn't illegal; it was how they did business. I bet if those same defendants were asked if they were religious, most would confess that they were. This conflict has to due with the change in generations. In the past, a society was brought up strict on religion. Now in the present, our society is being brought up in a variety of ways; not so strictly. If you believe in a God or gods, it doesn't necessarily mean you know all the practices of that particular religion. Being a Christian myself, I believe in a God and know a great deal of the Bible. However, I don't know everything about my religion or what I should do in every complicated situation.