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Outsourcing America
Companies in today's global economy are faced with many decisions regarding the viability and profitability of their business. Among the topics for these questions are international competition, employee rights and shareholder profits. These ethical questions are at the heart of the debate over outsourcing. The employees who have been affected by this business practice will tell you that corporate greed is the cause. Whereas, many in the business world will say that outsourcing is vital to staying competitive. If a company outsources jobs because of corporate greed and the selfishness of the top executives, then it is unethical. However, if outsourcing is done out of competitive necessity and the needs of the employees are a major consideration during the process, then indeed outsourcing may be the most ethical action that can be taken.
Outsourcing is not a new way of doing business. In Fact, job outsourcing has been around for decades. It is only with new technology that this form of business has become so accessible. It began when programmer jobs were outsourced, then it moved into the manufacturing industries (steel mills), finding itself in its most recent trend, of outsourcing white-collar jobs. The corporations took advantage of a digital universe to start moving jobs overseas to cheaper labor markets. It is only now, that some notice is being taken to its rapid development.
Critics claim that outsourcing costs American jobs and that it harms the U.S. economy. Many feel that manufacturing jobs are declining specifically due to outsourcing to poor nations, and that only greedy co ...