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Fake products
is a huge online platform
with sellers from all over the world.
The products offered for sale on this

huge network can sometimes be fake.
Therefore, the sale of
counterfeit products on the
summary
platform is a big problem

and also an ethical dilemma
for
HONESTY
TRANSPARENCY INTEGRITY
ethical considerations
Business
LEADERSHIP LOYALTY
COMPASSION
Ethics FAIRNESS
LAW ABIDING RESPOSIBILITY
ACCOUNTABILIT
Y
Goals Dilemmas
‘s aim & dilemmas
To reach the largest Suppliers must be under

supplier base as a control or not?
requirement of rapid Giving an opportunity to
growing and widening anyone with an e-mail address
strategy to sell their products results in
a lack of supervision.
Customer satisfaction is
To reach the largest
possible or not?
costumer network as a
It needs product diversity and
result on growing strategy
more suppliers
‘s aim & dilemmas Goals Dilemmas
Widening the product range

Consumers must find or not?
everything they want Is it a open door for
counterfeit products.
To provide quality and Restriction is required or not?

assured products Is widening right decision?
To provide affordable Causes counterfeit problem or

products for everyone not?
Stake holders & interests
JACK BEZOS WORKERS OFFICAL

more customers, safety, salary, AUTORITIES
economic growth insurance tax, work safety,
obeying rules
COMPETITORS CONSUMERS
fairness, equal Cheapness, quality,
competitive environment service guarantee
Social Norms It is a requirement of social norms to
protect both the brand owner and the
social norms & counterfeit
consumer against counterfeit

Legitimacy products.
It is a crime to manufacture and sell

Regulations counterfeit products as required by
intellectual property regulations.
So, although Amazon prohibits

Laws counterfeit product sellers or
destroyed these products that are
detected later, in fact this must be
Reliability done before they are put up for sale.
For all product types, an official document 1 Causes delays in
stating “that they are not counterfeit launching products
products” will be required before they are and some suppliers
alternatives & impacts
offered for sale, and the product cannot be leave the platform?
sold without this document.
Getting a commitment from the supplier 2 Although it seems

not to sell counterfeit products and put the taking easy way
responsibility on him/her. imposing heavy out, it may be the
fines on those who do not obey the rules. most practical
solution.
3
To improve the ways detecting and
alternatives & impacts
prevent inauthentic products from make the system more

reaching customers using new practical and purposeful.
Technologies.
4
Warning customers not to buy products putting all of the
that they are not sure of originality and responsibility on the
not take responsibility customer is false.
AMAZON HAS BANNED THOUSANDS OF
FAKE PRODUCT SELLERS THIS YEAR
AND DESTROYED MORE THAN 2
MILLION FAKE GOODS IN ITS
WAREHOUSES.
recommendations
BUT COUNTERFEIT PRODUCT STIL

REMAINS A PROBLEM.
THIS SITUATION DEVELOPS PARALLEL

TO AMAZON'S GROWTH STRATEGY.
• MORE STAFF SHOULD BE EMPLOYED TO
DETECT AND PREVENT
• STAFF MUST BE CONTINUOUSLY
TRAINED
• RAPID GROWTH STRATEGY MUST BE
recommendations
REVIEWED
• CONTROL AND SIFTING MECHANISMS
SHOULD BE DEVELOPED
• DEPOSIT AND PENALTY SYSTEM SHOULD
BE INSALTED
• RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CUSTOMER
ABOUT FAKE PRODUCT
1 Contextualizing Business Ethics in Crane, A. and Matten, D. (2010). Business Ethics .4th ed. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, pp.227–547.
Dascalescu, A. (2022). Why Are There So Many Knockoffs on Amazon? Spotting Amazon Fakes And How To
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knockoffs-on-amazon-spotting-amazon-fakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/.
Kanwal Hina (2015). The ethics of counterfeiting in the fashion industry: quality, credence and profit issues.
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reference list
[online] Journal of Business Ethics. Available at:

https://www.academia.edu/2029381/The_ethics_of_counterfeiting_in_the_fashion_industry_quality_cred
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4 cnbctv18.com. (2022). Amazon scrapped over 3 million fake products, 4 billion bad listings in 2021: Report.
[online] Available at: https://www.cnbctv18.com/business/companies/amazon-scrapped-over-3-million-
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&

The products offered for sale on this

platform is a big problem

LAW ABIDING RESPOSIBILITY

To reach the largest Suppliers must be under

Widening the product range

To provide quality and Restriction is required or not?

To provide affordable Causes counterfeit problem or

JACK BEZOS WORKERS OFFICAL

consumer against counterfeit

It is a crime to manufacture and sell

So, although Amazon prohibits

Getting a commitment from the supplier 2 Although it seems

prevent inauthentic products from make the system more

BUT COUNTERFEIT PRODUCT STIL

THIS SITUATION DEVELOPS PARALLEL

[online] Journal of Business Ethics. Available at:

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