At the end of Matt's post he asks the question Is it the companies responsibility to be proactive and change their product before there is a huge issue? What would the damage be financially and psychologically to the companies if their products were proven to help cause cancer?
Since we have been talking about ethics in businesses lately it had got me thinking about it. I feel the main goal of a business is to be ethical. With this said I do believe it is the company's responsibly to be proactive. If a company fails to be proactive and ethical it sends the message to the public that they are careless and lying is acceptable to get what you want. A company that is unethical and falsely advertises a product creates a following of people that believe them. Once the truth slips out about the product, their customers will soon decrease and so will their profits.
I think that if a company like Pepsi or Coke did state the truth about studies about their products, I would hope many people would no longer purchase from them. Companies who bend the truth or lie to sell their products are not doing any good for the world or their consumers. Although it's just business, it can cause people to suffer and can cause further damage.
