In my opinion, this discussion of ethical business is futile. The reason being, man is heavily dependent on animals for a living. Everyone's definition varies on what is "ethics". Ethics is rather, whatever suits oneself based on what is commonly agreed upon by a majority of people. Let me list products that use animal products, the companies could be many who make them. In the end, if you really really want to be away from all this kind of business, one should be a hermit.
Usage of animal products:
1. Plastic bags - Many plastics, including shopping bags, contain 'slip agents', which reduce the friction in the material. What are those made of? Animal fats
2. Car and Bike tires
3. Glue in wood work and musical instruments
4. Biofuels - nowadays animal products are used - beef or chicken biofuel
5. Fireworks
6. Fabric Softener
7. Shampoo and Conditioner
8. Toothpaste
9. White and Brown Sugar
10. Any kind of industry that produces leather goods..shoes, belts, wallets etc
11. It is not just few pharma you have listed...but animals are used for trials.
12. Perfume industry
And then there are industries/companies that are indirectly using products made from killing of animals..hotel industry selling meat products.
I will be really interested to know, which industry/company exists to be invested if you apply the 'ethics' filter. Like I said, if one wants to justify, then the definition of "ethics" can be tweaked to suit oneself.
Thanks,
Nagaraj
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