Ethics 316 Week 5 Cros Cultural Differences
ETHICS 316
Individual Ethical Perspectives
Ethics and Social Responsibility
As a business grows and expands, eventually the goal of a business is to transform from company into a corporate powerhouse. Once the goal of a company turned corporate is met a corporation is to operate eventually internationally within other countries. With the ability to operate a business internationally this will enable a corporation access to several features. These features are more revenue income, acquire and disperse domestic and international stocks, capital expenditures in the forms of resources and manpower in foreign countries. These features also spell the recipe for creating more jobs within those foreign countries a corporation plans to operate within.
Culture Issues Affecting Corporations Actions Outside the United States The well known jean clothing company known in the retail business as Levi 's operates under the business name of Levi Strauss and Company. Levi Strauss and Company is located in the heart of Northern California 's Bay Area city of San Francisco. Levi Strauss and Company operates and own its factories of clothing internationally in 110 countries (Levi Strauss & Company, 2012). With the business growth and years in operation Levi Strauss and Company also have been put under extreme scrutiny because of business practices and business ethics. Most of the examinations and criticizing of the company business practices have been from various groups and individuals ranging from employee unions, stock market companies and individual, even from external companies associated with Levi and Strauss. One of the reasons for criticism was the attention brought onto Levi and Strauss operating two of the corporation 's factories in Bangladesh, India. What the assessment of Levi and Strauss Company found was that its resources also included the employment of children working within the factories. Many of these children working within the two factories working
Individual Ethical Perspectives
Ethics and Social Responsibility
As a business grows and expands, eventually the goal of a business is to transform from company into a corporate powerhouse. Once the goal of a company turned corporate is met a corporation is to operate eventually internationally within other countries. With the ability to operate a business internationally this will enable a corporation access to several features. These features are more revenue income, acquire and disperse domestic and international stocks, capital expenditures in the forms of resources and manpower in foreign countries. These features also spell the recipe for creating more jobs within those foreign countries a corporation plans to operate within.
Culture Issues Affecting Corporations Actions Outside the United States The well known jean clothing company known in the retail business as Levi 's operates under the business name of Levi Strauss and Company. Levi Strauss and Company is located in the heart of Northern California 's Bay Area city of San Francisco. Levi Strauss and Company operates and own its factories of clothing internationally in 110 countries (Levi Strauss & Company, 2012). With the business growth and years in operation Levi Strauss and Company also have been put under extreme scrutiny because of business practices and business ethics. Most of the examinations and criticizing of the company business practices have been from various groups and individuals ranging from employee unions, stock market companies and individual, even from external companies associated with Levi and Strauss. One of the reasons for criticism was the attention brought onto Levi and Strauss operating two of the corporation 's factories in Bangladesh, India. What the assessment of Levi and Strauss Company found was that its resources also included the employment of children working within the factories. Many of these children working within the two factories working
Cited: Jill Nash , Vice President, Levi Strauss & Co. Corporate Affairs. (2010, June 22). Power To The Women. (LS&CO., Producer, & LS&CO.) Retrieved Ocotober 5, 2012, from LEVI STRAUSS & CO.: http://www.levistrauss.com/blogs/power-women Levi Strauss and Company. (2010). Corporate Governance. (L. S. Company, Producer, & Levi Strauss and Company) Retrieved October 5, 2012, from LEVI STRAUSS & CO.: http://www.levistrauss.com/investors/corporate-governance Levi Strauss and Company. (2010, March 4). LS&CO. Case Study – Uzbekistan Addressing Forced Child Labor in Cotton Harvesting. Retrieved October 5, 2012, from Levi Strauss and Company: http://www.levistrauss.com/sites/levistrauss.com/files/librarydocument/2010/4/Public%20Policy%20case%20study-Uzbek%20cotton%202009.pdf Levi Strauss and Company. (2012). Global Workplaces. (LS&CO., Editor, LS&CO., Producer, & LS&CO.) Retrieved October 5, 2012, from Levi Strauss & Co.: http://www.levistrauss.com/about/global-workplaces SUPPORTING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN ASIA. (2012). Retrieved October 5, 2012, from Corporate & Foundation Partners: http://asiafoundation.org/about/corporate-and-foundation-partners.php U.S. Department of Labor. (2010). Wages and Hours Worked: Child Labor Protections (Nonagricultural Work). (U.S.Department of Labor) Retrieved October 5, 2012, from United States Department of Labor: http://www.dol.gov/compliance/guide/childlbr.htm