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Data Efficiency and Customer Service: Ethical questions have been raised with regards to the use of data

efficiency by Amazon to handle customer interactions such as searching for products and placing
orders. The company relies on data to deliver better customer experience, but the ethical use of
consumer data and the sharing of data honestly become a top priority. To maintain trust and protect the
privacy of customers, it would be very necessary to inform and give them control over how their data is
being used.

Anticipating Customer Reactions: The Amazon proactive approach in anticipating the consumer
responses and avoiding criticism portrays a significant context of how critical ethics are. It is equally
important to make sure the preventive and precaution actions fit the customers’ expectations and
enhance their independence. Such concerns as privacy and consent of a client can be raised with too
intrusive strategy.

Personalised suggestions: Customer data from several different sources is used to personalize the
suggestions so that they fit each person based on their past transactions. Although, it has positive
implications for the purchasing process, there are ethical concerns of how personal information should
be handled. At Amazon, it is critical to ensure that the algorithms for personalisation as well as data
analytics use tools that are free of bias, fair, and abide by the privacy laws.

Consequences for society:

Prime Members and Customer Loyalty: Amazon Prime membership service and its social impact and
benefits which include more than the delivery are worth to be mentioned. Subscription spontaneity and
impulse buying is fostered by the expenses that are growing. The consumers have a chance of being
influenced by this which can also be a reason why there is overconsumption in society.

Personalised Suggestions: One positive social aspect is the Mayday button which allows live chat with
support agent at any moment. One of the advantages brought by the rise of AI in the field of Customer
support agents that feel more pressure to provide immediate answers is one possible disadvantage. It is
essential to find appropriate equilibrium of service providers and customers.

Political Repercussions:

Retail Business Model Disruption: The politics of retail was a key factor in Amazon's challenge to the
traditional commercial framework. In the changing dynamics of e-commerce, the governments may
need to amend their laws considering such aspects like fair competition, taxes, and consumer
protection. To ensure fair competition in the companies, the policymakers must be adaptive to the
changing circumstances.

Implementing Drone Delivery: Political concerns such as unmanned aerial vehicle regulation are raised
by the absence of restrictions on the use of Amazon Drones. To tackle safety, security, and privacy
problems arising from drone delivery, regulatory measures may be needed by the
governments. Therefore, due to a need to cooperate, with aviation authorities for appropriate
implementation of these plans.

To summarize, despite Amazon’s without a doubt revolutionary change to customer relationship


management and customer service, they make us raise ethical questions of data protection and what
can happen to our personal information. The impact both on client behaviour and on service providers
welfare are classified under the social outcomes. On political side, new regulations are required that
enforce ethical and just business practices in the context when traditional business structures are
eliminated and potentially the inventions like drones will apply.

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