1. Assume that you are executive of a large U.S. multinational cooperation planning to open a new manufacturing plants in China and India to save on labor cost. What factors should you consider when making your decision? Is labor outsourcing to developing countries a legitimate business strategy that can be handled without risk of running into a sweatshop scandal?

As an executive of a large U.S. multinational corporation planning to open a new manufacturing plants in China and India to save on labor cost. There are a few factors that must consider when making the decision. The factors are including the environment business of the both country. First factor that must be consider is regulations and laws of the country. It is a very important thing that the producer must care when planning to open a new business in a foreign country. It is because the business cannot against the regulations of the country that can be affect the business such as the company must close their business in the country. The regulations and laws that the producers must be mention such as minimum wage laws, labor laws, safety and sanitation requirement, and trade union organizing provision. This regulations and laws is made because the country have to protect their labor right. Second factors that the producers must consider to come in the foreign country is the culture of the country. It factor is important for producer to make their business suitable and acceptable by the country. It is because if the business is against the culture of the country the business cannot running because the citizens of the country not be support the business. Moreover, in contacts of culture of the country, producer must be care about the labor culture of working such as the methods of working, the time of working, the amount of salary that provide, the conditions of workplace and others. It is