Major corporations with overseas subcontractors (such as IKEA in Bangladesh, Unilever in India, and Nike in China)

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Major corporations with overseas subcontractors (such as IKEA in Bangladesh, Unilever in India, and Nike in China) have been criticized, often with substantial negative publicity, when children as young as 10 have been found working in the subcontractor’s facilities. The standard response is to perform an audit and then enhance controls so it does not happen again. In one such case, a 10-year-old was terminated. Shortly thereafter, the family, without the 10-year olds contribution to the family income, lost its modest home, and the 10-year-old was left to scrounge in the local dump for scraps of metal. Was the decision to hire the 10-year-old ethical? Was the decision to terminate the 10-year-old ethical?
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Operations Management

ISBN: 978-0132687584

1st Canadian Edition

Authors: Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Paul Griffin

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