This cartoon’s message and content relates very well with the ethical concerns and organizational challenges discussed in Chapter 11. This cartoon showcases a manager proudly stating, “We run a very ethical company here. Anything unethical is outsourced,”. While humorous, the cartoon underscores a troubling reality. Many organizations in the real world maintain a superficial image of integrity while displacing unethical responsibilities to third parties. This also ties into how the chapter said most Fortune 500 companies had committed some sort of unethical scandal. This directly ties into the chapter’s focus on how organizations often struggle with ethical communication and responsibility, especially under the pressures of capitalism and competition.

In the addition, the chapter emphasizes that ethics in communication involve more than legality or public image and that they require honesty, justice, and a commitment to doing no harm. The cartoon mocks this ideal by showing how some companies attempt to appear ethical without practicing ethical behavior.

Personally, I’’ve been under a similar organization before. During one of my recent summers, I worked in a canvassing company, where they used a legal loophole to require me to do 50 hours of work while paying me for 35 hours of work. Overall, this chapter is sending a message that ethical communication must be genuine and integrated throughout the organization, not outsourced or avoided.

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