improving the company’s current position in the telecommunication industry and effectively deal with pending litigation from the Union who strictly opposes the outsourcing of call centers to Ireland and India as this will contribute to laying off employees in the United States. The corporate cost cutting and layoffs will have a negative impact on moral, thus affecting the productivity of the remaining employees. To mitigate these risks Global Communications will conduct a strategic analysis that
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.................. 3 Do Countries with Lower Ethical Views Attract Businesses? .......................................... 5 Can Ethical Business Practices be Applied Globally? ...................................................... 7 Which organizations are safe guarding ethical practices and is it working? ...................... 9 What are the Ethical and Social Responsibilities of Outsourcing? .................................. 12 What is Outsourcing? ...........................................
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Offshoring: The Future of American Workers Ericka Bolling Shorter University Abstract Outsourcing is the catchphrase shaking up the worldwide financial environment. Offshoring or outsourcing has changed the way many businesses and individual coexist today. Each person today, respects many aspects of offshoring/outsourcing and we have learned that more organizations are using different assets from offshoring to pick up a business advantage. With the changing worldwide economy, and the inordinate
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------------------------------------------------- Apple IPhone ------------------------------------------------- Table of contain Introduction I. History and product line II. Some figures III. Apple as part of the Globalization process A. Benefits of outsourcing B. Inconvenient C. Final consequences on the American Economy Conclusion Reference ------------------------------------------------- Introduction Apple Inc. is an American high-tech multinational corporation engaged in researching
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ANS 1- Taking into consideration, all risks (quality, ethical, intellectual property protection, political, cultural) I think the best product to be recommended is Bugabyte lite for the assembly outsourcing by Grunwald and Vogel. This product is in the market for over 6 years and has seen healthy growth for its first four years and has stabilized over past two years. There are competitors with similar product offering, but there is no risk of copying of technology as other competitors are aware of
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lay-off announcement. Due to Global Communication’s lack of communication with the union, management now faces a potentially volatile situation. Damage control measures need to be identified, evaluated and analyzed in order to minimize the negative impact that the union will have on customers, employee morale and the general public. Situation Analysis Issue and Opportunity Identification Global Communication’s management team had a difficult decision to make in order for the company to survive
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businesses and corporations to deal successfully with a foreign contractor, business, or even government; the proper measures must be taken to understand the differences in ethical perception and to work to accommodate those differences. Failure to do so leave many of these companies and businesses vulnerable for international ethical dilemmas that are quickly brought to global attention by international media sources. Discussing the radically changing practices occurring in the business world of China
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edu/secure/campus/tampamain/student/homepgage.asp, p1-3). In order to identify the gap analysis of this situation, a good understanding of the situation must be gained through the evaluation of issues, opportunities, stakeholder perspective and ethical dilemmas. Issues and Opportunities Identification The main issue that Global Communications faces is the increase competition through expansion of services throughout the telecommunications industry. More players have entered the market with
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Sweatshops in Bangladesh: An Ethical Dilemma Kristy Kennedy Legal, Ethical & Social Issues EAMBA 24 February 15, 2014 On April 25th of this year, a garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed, killing hundreds of workers. Fearing a backlash of negative publicity, U.S companies that outsource to garment factories in Bangladesh are questioning whether they should continue operations there; association with unsafe factories could tarnish a company’s reputation. Nike, for one, has already addressed
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Assignment 3: Legal and Ethical Considerations in Marketing, Product Safety, and Intellectual Property Samuel Morgan Professor: Christina JG Williams, Esq. LEG 500 – Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance May 21, 2015 Abstract The relationship between legal and ethics has long been strained and confusing to understand. In today’s business, ethics actually consist of a subset of major life values learned since birth. Many in business use these life values to make decisions
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