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Consider the following scenario and answer the question that follows.
Janet, the Associate Buyer at Wozti Supply Co, argues that buying from suppliers in a country where child labour is lawfully condoned should be acceptable, as it will drastically reduce costs. Sibusiso, a recent Business Management Graduate, however, pointed out that while employing children as a cheap source of labour may be very profitable, it denies these children the right to be children, and the right to an education.
Now consider the following statements on ethics:
(a)
(b) The law and ethics are fixed principles that do not change over time.
(c)
(d) Organisations ought to consider their legal responsibility above all else.
(e) Organisations ought to consider both their legal responsibility as well as their ethical responsibility.
(f) The scope of ethics includes the law; however it also includes ethical standards not codified by the law.
Which of the above statements should Sibusiso use to defend his stance on the child labour issue, in relation to ethics and the law?