ADM 3318 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: International Business, The New York Times, Status Quo
4 Oct 2016
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Ny times published a dismal report on kin ki"s unethical treatment of chinese employees: facts: Decide to replace us works by chinese. Long hours of work, work on weekends, 84hours/week. Uncomfortable dorms and non-quality meals: protect: Issues partly address but 2 ringleaders were fired. Mr. tao acknowledge not complying with laws on wages. Us ceo ignored labour problems in chinese plants but planned a visit to. Primary problem: etch-a-sketch has to find new ways to stay competitive in the toy business by primarily reducing costs through an ethically-acceptable outsourcing. Secondary problems: outsource and coordinate the production to keep costs under by retailers, save on wage, cost for plant, maintenance, electricity, payroll, health benefits, confront the social/community concerns both in us and china. Uncompetitive, socially (ir)responsible, bankrupted, loss of credibility, Society"s perception of oac, jobs creation/loss, human/employee rights record, etc. As the main issue of this case is related to ethics regarding an outsourcing decision, the.
