Business ethics in the broiler industry

• Published in: Business and society review (1974) Vol. 124; no. 2; pp. 239 - 260
• Main Author: Beets, S. Douglas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Business; Business ethics; Companies; Duopoly; Ethics; Mergers; Quality of life; Sociodemographics; States; Value; United States > US

The chicken meat, or broiler, business in the United States is a vertically integrated industry in which integrator corporations control all aspects of the business. Primarily through a series of business acquisitions, an industry duopoly has evolved. The two dominant integrator corporations, Pilgri...