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Preguntas:
1. ¿Cuáles son las responsabilidades de las empresas en esta o en
situaciones similares?
Respuesta:
En primer lugar, una empresa que manipula alimentos tiene como
responsabilidad instruir a todo su personal con las normas de higiene y
salubridad estipuladas por la nación de cada uno y por la organización
mundial de la salud.
En el caso de Nestlé que es una empresa de procesamiento de alimentos
es responsable de la higiene del producto desde la manipulación de la
materia prima hasta que el consumidor final lo recibe, esto incluye
maquinaria, tratamiento de agua, materia prima, transporte, puntos de
ventas y publicidad.
2. ¿Qué pudo haber hecho Nestlé para evitar las acusaciones de "Matar
bebés del Tercer Mundo" y aún comercializar su producto?
Respuesta:
Nestlé pudo defenderse más por el uso de las etiquetas del producto donde
mencionaba que la fórmula de polvo en leche es un producto suplementario para
la nutrición de los recién nacidos y como producto sustituto siempre y cuando la
madre no pudiese amamantar, pero el error de la empresa es que no advirtió en
sus etiquetas cuales eran las consecuencias de no suministrar el producto
necesario por cada envase y los riesgos que podría producir su mala
manipulación, debido a que una lata de la formula estaba destinada a durar tres
días, dónde muchas madres del tercer mundo la extendía por dos semanas y
alimentar a más bebes, realizando un mal uso del producto causándole
desnutrición a los bebes.
Nestlé-Exercises Case
Problem: Nestlé Alimentana de Vevey-switzerland is accused of being directly
or indirectly responsible for the mass death of third world babies, this food
processing company was denounced by the Pan American Health Organization for
the sale of food formula child who is supposedly responsible for these deaths,
charged in 1974.
The accusation made by a British journalist who presented a report to the Third
World Working Group mentions that Nestle encouraged mothers to stop
breastfeeding and use powdered milk formulas.
Questions:
1. What are the responsibilities of companies in this or similar situations?
Answer:
• In the first place, a company that handles food has the responsibility of instructing
all its personnel with the hygiene and health standards stipulated by the nation of
each one and by the world health organization.
• In the case of Nestlé, which is a food processing company, is responsible for the
hygiene of the product from the handling of the raw material until the final
consumer receives it, this includes machinery, water treatment, raw material,
transportation, points of sales and advertising.
2. What could Nestlé have done to have avoided the accusations of "Killing
Third World babies" and still market its product?
Answer:
Nestlé was able to defend itself more by the use of product labels where it
mentioned that the milk powder formula is a supplementary product for the nutrition
of newborns and as a substitute product as long as the mother could not
breastfeed, but the error of The company is that it did not notice on its labels what
were the consequences of not supplying the necessary product for each container
and the risks that its mishandling could cause, because a can of the formula was
intended to last three days, where many mothers of the Third world extended it for
two weeks and fed more babies, misusing the product causing malnutrition to
babies.
3. After Nestlé's experience, how do you suggest it, or any other company, can
protect itself in the future?
Answer: the main suggestion that I would make to companies is to be very careful
in the information they put on the labels of their products since they have to be as
clear, understandable and honest, also of the importance of placing the
consequences of a product misuse and possible damage it may cause; This type
of case not only happens with food products but also drugs or aesthetics that, due
to ignoring the implementation of the use of the product, of the consequences of
the misuse have presented several demands another is cicatricure example.
4. Assume you are the one who had to make the final decision on whether
or not to promote and market Nestle's baby formula in third world
countries. Read the section titled " ethically and socially responsible
decision
Suponga que usted fue quien tuvo que tomar la decisión final sobre si
promocionar o no la fórmula para bebés de Nestlé en países del tercer mundo.
Lea la sección titulada "decisión ética y socialmente responsable ¿Fueron las
decisiones socialmente responsables? ¿Eran éticos?
They were definitely not ethical at the time of making the decision since
the social, economic and cultural factors of the third world countries are
not taken into account. Because the values, purchasing power and needs
The points that would have been taken into account to make a correct
decision are:
Consumer protection
If empathy had also been applied when selling and distributing the
product and not only worrying about increasing sales, we would not
the formula.
The advice for Nestlé could be that it helps many mothers to detect if they
that will be provided to each mother. Thus, for women who are infected, it is
depth information about the product for women who are calm about what
they should consume; also know the benefits and factors to highlight of this
product.
On the other hand, Nestlé has been promoting breastfeeding, which is the
time to continue doing so with mothers who do not have the virus, also
baby.