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Discussion Questions et en ni 1. When a company acts in an ethically questionable man- ner, what types of problems are caused for the organiza- tion and its customers? 2. How can an employee take an ethical stand regarding a business decision when his or her superior already has taken a different position? 3. Overall, would it be more profitable for a business to fol- low the economic model or the socioeconomic model of social responsibility? 4. Why should business take on the task of training the hard-core unemployed? 5. To what extent should the blame for vehicular air pol- lution be shared by manufacturers, consumers, and government? 6. Why is there so much government regulation involving social responsibility issues? Should there be less? Part 1 The Environment of Business 64 Ethical Success or Failure Businesses Feel Pressure Over Conditions in Suppliers' Factories Show hould businesses be blamed for problems that occur in visits conducted by independent groups like the Fair Labor suppliers' factories? Even when a supplier is located half Association a world away, many stakeholders expect manufacturers and The world's largest retailer, Walmart, is well known for retailers to help improve the lives of workers who make the low prices-made possible, in part, by buying from low- products those businesses sell. cost suppliers in China, among other areas. Over the Nike, for example, has worked for years to curb problems years, Walmart has been criticized for abuses at suppliers' like child labor and hazardous conditions in suppliers' factories, and has set up specific workplace standards for facilities. After its brand was tarnished in the 1990s by their suppliers. It conducts surprise inspections, maintains accusations of unsafe factories and underage workers, Nike a hotline for tips about potential problems, and has a established a supplier code of conduct, Instituted site visits "zero tolerance policy for suppliers that don't meet its to check on compliance, and changed production details standards. to improve safety. Company executives will drop suppliers Should Walmart, Apple, Nike, and other businesses be that fail to comply, even if that means higher costs and lower blamed for the actions of their suppliers? profit margins. Apple has also felt pressure to deal with reported problems at Chinese factories where phones and computers Sources: Based on information in Christina Fort, Apple Address Labor Violations at Quarta Chinese Factories Aller 2013 Audi, Autors August 15, 2014, www.reuters.com: Shelly are assembled for sale in stores worldwide. Like Nike, Barjo, "sideNike's Struggle to Balance Cost and Worker Safety in Bangladesh War Stre Apple requires suppliers to meet standards for on-the- um April 21, 2014, www.ws.com, Paul Moru Chao Dong and Eva Dou, "Worker Group job safety and employee living conditions. The company Niepes Abuse at Apole Supplier in China, War Street bumal July 29, 2013. www.wsj.com Stephanie Clifford and Steven Greenhouse, Fast and Flowed inspections of Factories Abroad sends inspectors to audit suppliers and also relies on site New York Times, September 1, 2013, www.nytimes.com 50