Instructions:

Workshop Four - Discussion 4.3 (Initial Argument)

Post One - After you have constructed your first argument, you will post your argument in the forum and thread. Make sure your subject heading starts with either:AFFIRMATIVE POSITION or NEGATIVE POSITION, depending on the side you have been assigned. The post should be at least 5-- words with two scholarly sources, and one biblical reference cited properly in APA7. *

Any sources are appreciated!

Background:

You are the financial manager of Inotech Corp. Inotech provides goods and services for a wide range of customers and many products contain proprietary information in which confidentiality is important. The CEO has expressed the desire to trim operating costs. At the next board meeting you are to present your ideas.

Your best idea has been to "outsource or onshoring" your janitorial staff to a large but local janitorial service. Inotech's janitorial team consists of 20 employees at the Indiana facility and 20 employees at the Ohio facility.

Your post will be your argument of why outsourcing janitorial services will be the best way to trim costs.

1. Define outsourcing/onshoring.
2. Analyze and construct at least two clear and well-supported arguments for outsourcing the janitorial service to a local company.
3. Identify and apply one ethical framework below that supports your stance on outsourcing.
   1. (Utilitarianism, Kant's Theory, Justice as Fairness, Pragmatism, and Altruism).
4. Demonstrate how your stance is ethical for the company based on the application of your ethical framework.
5. Discuss the fiduciary duties and social responsibility at play in this situation.