Sunday, January 23, 2011

Ethics; Hotel Chains and Globalization's Darkest Secrets

This article is about a Hilton Hotel in Southwest China that was found to be operating child prostitution within their corridors. While conducting the brothels, law enforcement identified and revealed that the five-star rating hotel contained children and human trafficking victims. However, the problem is it was not the first time an underground brothel has been revealed to operating at a Hilton Hotel. In 2008, a brothel was being conducted at a Hilton Hotel in Ireland and a Hilton in Washington D.C. was named “the third most prostitution-friendly hotel in the city.”



Reoccurring events such as mentioned before create great concern of the ethical & legal responsibilities of the Hilton Hotels. Corporates must think about not only their profit and stockholders but also the stakeholders. Hotels have certain ethical and legal obligations to their guests and customers that they should always fulfill. Also, hotel employees are held to certain ethical responsibilities. These ethical standards require that hotels follow the laws and safety standards that apply to their industry.


By maintaining their ethical and responsibilities of a Hotel, the company can continue their industry for a long time and also they can earn money without obstruction of other stakeholders.

http://humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/tell_hilton_hotels_to_prevent_child_prostitution_in_their_hotels

2 comments:

  1. This article is extremely shocking. It's terrible that such a huge enterprise as the Hilton would allow such things to happen. I'm surprised that employers would take such a risk, considering all that is at stake. Human rights aside, the opportunity cost for the establishment itself is tremendous. The fact that the Hilton stepped on so many ethical issues will definitely cost them their reputation, being the least of their problems. I hope whoever is in charge of human-trafficking in each of the hotels mentioned pays a very heavy price.

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  2. Child prostitution is a big ethical issue. The child prostitution often happens in hotels in developing countries. The government must pass some stringent laws to limit the appearance. For a long-term viewpoint, hotel should fulfill the ethical and legal obligations.

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