Stemming from our inquiry into Ethics and Trade

Student questions on trade, and ethics:

"Why do people like to trade?"

"Why do people like to do businesses?"

"Is trading always fair?"

"Is running a business always fair?"

"Is business always fair?"

"In trading there are two sides. Is there someone in the middle who knows the rules of trading?"

"Who can help make fair trades?"

"In businesses there are two sides. Is there someone in the middle who knows the rules of business, who can help make running a business fair?"

"Was there a fight between traders in the past when people traded things?"

"Was there a fight between employees and employers?"

"Why do people trade people?"

Tonight take a look at at least one of the questions above. Have a discussion with an adult at home about the question. Record your notes in your UOI notebook. 

Write down EXACT Quotes.

Discussion points on Jori's story

Discussion from Jori's story which was posted yesterday resulted in the following points.

Ethical	Unethical
-Jori is doing nothing wrong -and doing only nice (working hard – taking one 15 minute break) thing -Jori is giving his good crops -loves his family very much	-man comes once a month and gives little money for the crops -still has not earned enough money to feed his family three times a day -still has not earned enough money to feed his family three times a day Possible Solutions ask the rich man for more money sell the veggies himself for a bigger price instead of selling his crops, he should eat them find another middle man

Jori the Farmer

In 5DC, we are inquiring into the concept of Ethics and how it fits into trade and businesses.

Here is a situation. What do you think about it? Why do you believe what you believe?

 

Jori the farmer

Jori is a 34 year old farmer with a wife and four children.  He wakes up and works the land very hard all day, taking only a 15 minute break to eat his lunch at noon hour.  At the end of each month, a man driving a nice and expensive car turns up at his farm.  Jori gives the man all the crops that are ready to be eaten, while the man gives Jori some money for his crops.  Jori loves his family very much, but he has not earned enough money to feed his family 3 meals a day.