want to see a coffee shop that has been in the town for years go out of business Small coffee shops bring more happiness to more people than Starbucks does. Starbucks high and is also another ethical issue under the utilitarianism theory. Starbucks can overpriced coffee charge such high prices because most people will still buy their coffee anyways, especially if they run all of the other coffee shops out the neighborhood. The stakeholders of this issue are of he Starbuck's stockholders, Starbucks coffee drinkers, and especially small coffee businesses. All of these people are affecting by the actions that Starbucks is acting ou
-Starbucks' actions are a unethical under the Kantianism theory because they are disregarding small businesses to gain their own profits and being completely selfish. They are destroying these small coffee businesses and running them out of business just so they gain more customers and profits, which is unethical according to this theory and the formula of humanity, Starbucks is treating people as a way to make profit and not as valuable people. Their expansion techniques are not coming from goodwill and they are not rightfully motivated Another aspect of the Kantianism theory that is unethical about Starbucks' actions is regarding the formula of autonomy. This formula states that the company must follow the legislation that they have set for themselves. Starbucks does not do this because their motto is about treating each other with respect and dignity. They clearly do not follow this model because they don't show respect or dignity to the people of the community and the owners and customers of the local coffee shops that they are continuing to put out of business
-Under the virtue theory Starbucks is once again considered unethical because they opened many of their stores too quickly so that the smaller businesses would go out sooner However, this plan failed and they ended up having to close their stores because they were prematurely opened. Starbucks also did not act virtuous for other reasons such as them paying way more than the market value of certain leases kick competitors out. This is not ethical at all especially under this theory
-Starbucks is unethical under every theory except for the individualism theory, where their only concern and goal is to make profit, which is exactly what they do. Starbucks is purposely and selfishly putting small coffee shops out of business to gain more profit disregarding many the stakeholders including the customers and owners of these small coffee businesses that are losing business and having to close. Many of their actions are extremely unethical and unjus