Prompt: Girl Scout Cookies have come under scrutiny for the way that they are produced after an investigation showed that child labor was employed by some of the products' manufacturers.On a standard package of Girl Scout Cookies, it bears the label "mixed" and "certified sustainable" next to the ingredient palm oil. While sustainable would indicate that the rainforest is not being harmed in the production of palm oil, "mixed" meant that the oil is blended from unsustainable sources.

These unsustainable sources employ children in Indonesia and Malaysia, which supply 85% of the palm oil consumed globally, for little or no pay. The children pick oil kernels, sometimes for as long as 12 hours a day, an investigative report from the Associated Press revealed.The kernels are sharp and cut the children's hands, leaving them bloodied as they wear no gloves while they push wheelbarrows of fruit that are sometimes two to three times their weight, according to the report. Teen boys slice the fruit from branches with sickle blades on long poles and harvest bunches so large they can crush their body weight.

Using what you have learned in this unit, explain which one of thesix decision rules that people use to make ethical decisions would most strongly condemn this situation, and why. The 6 rules are Utilitarianism, Objectivism, Rights, Justice , Integrative Social contracts theory, and Care.