Case Study 6.1 Sweatshops Katie White BA 616 Business Ethics Dr. Moore 31 May 2014 Which of your company’s practices can you defend in good conscience? The company can defend moving much of it’s manufacturing plants overseas. For the company this cuts labor costs and provides jobs to those who are in desperate need in other countries. The wages provided to employees is in compliance with the local laws. The employees are satisfied with their wages and the hours they work. There is a large demand
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Jane Addams‚ The Mother of Social Work For years‚ men and women have shared the same rights that every American citizen can expect to have today. The land of the free prides itself for being associated with the idea of freedom and equality. These rights are often taken for granted and seem superficial until they come under threat. By being an American citizen‚ one would expect that the American government would grant those rights to every legal citizen. However‚ it has only been about ninety six
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Question 1a & 1b Introduction According to the report “China’s Youth Meet Microsoft” prepared by the National Labor Committee in April 2010‚ KYE Systems Corporations was accused of being a sweatshop‚ while the software giant Microsoft distanced immediately itself from KYE and threatened to terminate production contracts. Like Foxconn-Apple case‚ KYE’s malpractice and Microsoft’s ignorance have together created a no-win situation among both of them‚ workers‚ surrounding communities and the
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A business cannot claim to be ethical firm if it ignores unethical practices by its suppliers – e.g. * Use of child labour and forced labour * Production in sweatshops * Violation of the basic rights of workers * Ignoring health‚ safety and environmental standards An ethical business has to be concerned with the behaviour of all businesses that operate in the supply chain – i.e. * Suppliers * Contractors * Distributors * Sales agents The two articles below
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improve customer safety and to educate consumers on how to use the products safely Socially responsible practices affect business practices in various ways. For instance; 1.Suppliers Socially responsible practices ensure that suppliers: - do not use sweatshops‚ child and forced labour such as prisoners; - pay their workers a living wage (that is above minimum wage). 2. Employees In addition to specific safety rules that employees must abide by‚ worker-focused socially responsible practices include:
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Critically evaluate the comparative transnational effectiveness of Benetton and Zara Zara and Benetton are two of the most acknowledged clothing companies in the fast fashion industry. The different international business strategies they adopt result in different transnational effectiveness. To begin with‚ this essay will give a brief overview of the motivation‚ means and mentality of these two companies‚ and then compare how they sustain their competitive advantages through integration‚ responsiveness
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establishing an eight-hour workday for women. In Chicago‚ Florence Kelley became a resident at Hull-House. That is‚ she worked as well as lived there. Her work was part of the research documented in “Hull-House Maps and Papers”. She studied child labor in sweatshops and issued a report on that topic for the Illinois State Bureau of Labor. And she was appointed in 1893 by Governor John P. Altgeld as the first factory inspector for the state of Illinois. Consequently‚ she put forward the Factory & Workshop Inspection
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environmental responsibility into practice worldwide. By this definition Gap has demonstrated global corporate citizenship since it has developed one of the most comprehensive factory-monitoring programs in the apparel industry in order to find and stop sweatshops‚ child labor and unsafe working conditions. The Gap has also pledged to thoroughly assess its global operations and has created a Code of Vendor Conduct. Using this code‚ Gap pledges to do business only with vendors that agree to; not discriminate
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What Does It Mean to be an American? What does it mean to be american? It’s not a question someone could answer so easily you at least take a minute to think about it. Since the founding of the United states of America‚ Americans have struggled to answer the question. There is so much to be said but no right answer everyone has their own opinions. I believe that Rihanna’s song “American Oxygen” really speaks about being american very well. With almost 69 millions views it really sends a strong
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arises‚ the legitimacy of corporations will often be threatened‚ and such situations attract repercussions such as legal restrictions‚ restrained resources or reduced demand for products. For instance‚ in the 1990s‚ Nike was penalised for using sweatshops to manufacture sports apparel. Society and most importantly customers were against the use of child labour and substandard working conditions which led to massive protest and boycott of their products. Given the cost of non-conformance‚ corporations
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