Consumer vs. corporation's responsibility towards animal welfare is my topic for the ethics of food cluster. i have decided to talk about this topic because most of us believe that it is mainly corporations responsibility towards animal welfare. One of the most common question is " Is corporation only obligated to maximize the money or do their obligation extend further than that"? The funny thing is, i never really thought about animal welfare until few weeks ago yet it doesn't seem to have any affect in my life. Now that most of us know about animal's environment at the factory farm it seems like it only changed some people's mind. We still go to these fast food restaurant and tend to forget about animal welfare. My personal experience says it a lot. For ex. after having fun at the park my friends and i always head towards one of these fast food restaurant. While we enjoy our meal we talk about the game that took place at the park and other stuff. Not once, any of us think about the animal welfare. We, consumer wants better quality food in cheaper price and that's exactly what the corporations providing for us. Some might complain that corporation at least should increase the awareness of animal's inhumane conditions by labeling them or advertising them. I believe its not going to make a difference since it didn't make a difference in my life. I believe if consumers really cared about animal's inhumane condition then they wouldn't mind paying a little extra for their meal and that way corporations will be forced to improve farm conditions.
Is it only corporations obligation or it should be both corporation and consumer's obligation to improve animals conditions at the factory farm. What i have decided to do is increase awareness of my friends about animals inhumane condition at the factory farm and see if it affects their life any way. I have decide to talk to them about different factory farm every week and see what it leads to? I am expecting to learn who is responsible for the inhumane condition at the factory farm?
