McDonalds is one of the largest food chains globally and in the United States has one of the most recognized symbols with the golden arches. There are more than 34,000 local McDonald's worldwide, serving approximately 69 million people in 118 countries every day. They also spend about two billion dollars on advertising every year. The ethical question I want to address in this essay is whether or not McDonalds is ethical in advertising and selling obese and unhealthy foods to its customers. I believe it is important to explore this organization because McDonald's is one of the largest and most well-known food chains in the world. It is important to know that an organization as large and successful as them is also ethical with its approach. If a successful and profitable company like McDonald's can be ethical with its sales and advertising programs, then any other organization or company striving to achieve the same goal can be as well. To start, I decided to do a short interview with two different people about their opinion on McDonalds and their ethical behavior. Both of these two people come from different backgrounds, have different interests and have different lives from each other. The first person I asked was named Dan. Dan often eats fast food and also consumes and eats McDonald's at least once a week. The second person I asked was a very health conscious person and his name was Mike. Mike rarely eats at McDonalds and estimates that he buys and eats there about every three months. The first question I asked was, “What are your thoughts on McDonalds?” Dan's response was, "McDonalds is a great place to eat." go to when I need to get food quickly. For example, McDonald's should not only display the nutritional value of its healthy products, but all products on the entire menu. This would help McDonald's as consumers will not be misled by the information contained in the advertisements. McDonald's does not lie about its product information through advertising or on its nutritional menu, but it shows selective information in its ads because it understands that it is the best thing to do to maximize profit. It would increase their ethical behavior because by doing so they would be more virtuous. They don't follow virtue ethics very closely by only disclosing nutritional information on their healthiest products in advertisements, but ignoring and not discussing it in their more obese and fattening products.