SCSU Ethical Dilemma Operations & Supply Chain Management Case Discussion

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Operations and Supply Chain Management Ethics in International Business/social responsibility/diversity/strategy Textbook: Operations Management… by Heizer and Render. Page 465 chapter 11 on Supply Chain Management Ethical dilemma As a buyer for a retail country chain, you find yourself caught in a maelstrom. Just last month, your chain began selling an economy priced line of clothing endorsed by a famous movie star. T be price competitive you have followed the rest of the industry and sourced the clothing from a low-wage region of Asia. Initial sales have been brisk; however, the movie star has recently called screaming and crying because an investigative news outlet has reported that the clothes with her name on them are being made by children. Outraged you fly to the outsourcing manufacturing facility only to find that conditions are not as clear-cut as the news had reported. You feel uncomfortable moving through the streets. Poverty is everywhere. Children are chasing foreigners and begging for money. When you enter the plant, you observe a very clean facility. The completely female workforce appears to be very industrious, but many of them do appear to be young. You confront the plant manager and explain your firm’s strict international sourcing policies. You demand to know why these girls aren’t in school. The manager provides the following response: ”The truth is that some of these workers may be underage. We check IDs but the use of falsified records is commonplace in this country. Plus you don’t understand the alternatives. If you shut this plant down you will literally take food off the table for these families. There are no other opportunities in this town at this time, and there’s no comprehensive welfare system in our country. As for the young women, school is not an option. In this town, only boys receive an education past the sixth grade. If you shut us down, these girls will be out in the street, begging, stealing, or prostituting themselves. Your business offers them a better existence. Please don’t take that away.” Questions: 1. 2. What is the ethical dilemma in this case? What do you say to your company, the movie star, the media, and the protestors picketing your stores? Is the best option to shut down and try someplace else? Each answer should be at least 5 sentences long.
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1. What is the ethical dilemma in this case?
The ethical dilemma is whether to shut down the company or continue working with
underage women. Despite the buyer being in a position to increase the net sales due to the
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