Annual pay for Walmart’s top 6 executives totalled $80m – including 22m for the CEO, while Walmart workers in Bangladesh work 11-14 hours a day, 7 days a week, for $37 a month ($444 per year). Analyse whether it is ethical for Walmart executives to pay themselves so much more than workers in Bangladesh case from a virtue ethics perspective and then critically assess this perspective. Your answer should be organised in essay form – one single answer – but address all the following stages in order, using subheadings to distinguish each section (note: paragraphs lengths are recommended / approximate):

1. Introduce your essay. Explain the purpose of your argument and the main steps you will take to answer the question (1 short paragraph).

2. Explain ethics theory: Explain how virtue ethicists decide what is ethical and what reasons they would have to hold this view (1-2 paragraphs).

3. Explain theory steps: What steps/criteria do virtue ethicists apply to decide if a person or action is ethical (1 paragraph).

4. Apply theory: Apply the steps/criteria outlined in point 3 to assess whether a virtue ethicist would agree or disagree with the conduct of Walmart management in setting pay at the company (2-3 paragraphs).

5. Critically analyse: State whether you agree with this virtue ethics analysis and explain why with reference to relevant limits of, or alternatives to, the theory (1-2 paragraph).

6. Conclude your essay: Summarise your main argument (1 short paragraph)

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1 Purpose of Argument The main purpose of this argument is to describe the unfairness and nonethical behavior of Walmarts top management with creating so many pay differences The main steps will be as ... View the full answer