Honest tea considers themselves a mission-driven business. they have decided that it is important to understand the communities from which they buy their tea leaves and have focused on fair-trade. this ethical decision was likely made based on the view of ethics.

The ethical decision was likely made based on the utilitarian view of ethics as this is related to the statement above of which the people focus on the importance of understanding of buying the things or their tea and to made use of fair trade as utilitarian is a way of having to focus on its content or the usefulness rather than its external or attractiveness of a certain thing.

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