You are an employee for PlayCorp, a corporation that makes various sporting goods. Your job includes many aspects of marketing, management, and production. However, you have been primarily responsible for tracking information regarding overseas production. Informally, you happen to know that the executives of PlayCorp have motivated others to generate a high return on their overseas investments

(those who significantly improve the company’s profit margin receive a substantial annual bonus). You also know that many approaches were used to generate that profit, including cutting necessary overhead costs.

Your company has been discussed and challenged in the press lately. The main focus of the media is PlayCorp’s overseas practices. The media has discussed everything from poor wages to toxic working conditions to the economic support for dictatorships. Simultaneously to the media coverage, the Multi-National Corporation Investigation Team (MNCIT) has made formal allegations that PlayCorp is engaged in illegal practices overseas. The allegations have led to a formal congressional hearing. Depending on the committee’s finding, a formal hearing may follow.

As the individual responsible for tracking information regarding overseas production, you have been called to speak before the congressional hearing. The first question you are asked is openended:

“Please tell us, what do you know about your company’s overseas operations?”

What does your ethical code compel you to say?