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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of ethical violations in the military-industrial complex. Violations of the "just war" ethical theory and endemic incentives for support of unethical military action are cited. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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violations of which a business might be accused are manifold, and can range from intrusions into employee privacy, all the way to outright exploitation of workers or the market. However,
with so many obvious examples of unethical business practices taking place, it can be all too easy to overlook some of the more insidious forms of ethical violations in business;
for instance, in the United States military-industrial complex. This paragraph helps the student present the case for unethical practices by the military-industrial complex. The military-industrial complex, or MIC, is a
term used to refer to the collective of business arrangements that tie the corporate interests of a wide variety of private businesses to the defense and military interests of the
United States. The MIC was first established as the result of exclusive government contracts dealt to many arms manufacturers during and after World War II, ostensibly to prevent the likelihood
of future arms and munitions shortages in war time (Byrne, 2010). Despite creating products that are explicitly designed to impart injury to people, the ethical character of the MIC has
long been argued on the basis of its being instrumental to the defense of the country, and also because of various economic benefits which the MIC arrangements have generated in
society (Byrne, 2010). However, any claim to ethical adherence by such businesses embroiled in the MIC are dependent upon the "just war" ethical theory, wherein state-sponsored violence can be considered
a legitimate use of force when carried out exclusively in self-defense (such as in World War II) (Byrne, 2010). Many critics argue, however, that recent military conflicts into which the
United States has entered fail to meet the "just war" criteria, and that therefore, any businesses continuing to support the unethical actions of the MIC as a whole are circumstantially
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