Xmgt 216 - Business Ethics - Organizational Ethics and Social

Business Ethics and Globalization

University of Phoenix

XMGT 216

Organizational Ethics and Social

In the world today globalizing your company has become big business. McDonalds is a good example of globalizing your business. There is a McDonalds in just about every country in the world. They have been able to take their business ethics and motto and apply it the business ethics of many different counties. Disney is a company that has be able to go globe very successfully. Disney has theme parks and T.V. network in counties all around the world.

Globalization is not just for America companies but for all counties who have the resources to do so. However when going global you have to respect the rules and regulation of the country you are doing business in. This paper will summarize an article on Brazil and India and their global business ethics. Give the primary ethical perspectives of each article, and discuss of the article contribute to understanding the global ethical perspective. This paper will also compare the business ethics of Brazil and India to the business ethics of America.

Child Workers, Globalization, and International Business Ethics: A Case in Brazil's Export -Oriented Shoe Industry, By J. Lawrence French and Richard E. Wokutch is an article about Franca, Brazil also known as the "capital of child labor in Brazil ". This article forces on a survey taken in 1998 by school children in Franca, Brazil about their work history. It also forces on the child labor debate in Brazil from people in the northern and southern regions. The survey was taken by children between the ages of 12 and 17. They were asked how many of them had jobs or were looking for a job and just about all of them answered yes. With the age group 12-13 only 23childern out of 46 was not working at all. They were asked if they were working because they were forced to by their parents 80% of them said no. They were working to earn their money for clothing, shoes, cosmetics purchases ,snack food, CDs, tickets to entertainment events, bicycles, and, later, motorcycles. The other 20% work to help their families have food, clothing, and other basic needs. Most of the working children in Franca have little to no schooling. This is one of arguments' for those in support of better child labor laws in Brazil. Northern critics feel that children of the age of 15 should not be working because of unsafe conditions. It is ok for children under the age 15 to do unpaid household work and work for a family own business. Southern critics argue that household work can be unsafe because many of the children are forced to work long hours. Northern critics also have made the argument that all form of child labor should be abolished. The U.S. government with big support from U.S. Senator Tom Harkin has been trying for year to stop child labor all over the world. But the survey and the debate between the northern and southern regions of Brazil have shown that U.S. effects have not worked.

The primary ethical perspective in this article is child labor in Brazil. Child labor is not illegal in Brazil but many feel that it unethical and unmoral. Having children working in unsafe conditions for long hours and low wages should be outlawed. Many of the children are being abuse in the work place and it is ok because children have the right to work. Even thou child labor is ethical the ethical stands in Brazil should be raised.

This article has contributed to the understanding of global ethical perspective by showing that not all foreign counties believe in child labor. Many people in the U.S. believe that many foreign counties do not care about their youth. But this article has shown that Brazilians care very deeply for their youth by speaking out against child labor.

In the U.S. child labor is illegal. A child has to be 16 or older to work in the U.S. If the child is under 16 they to have a valid work permit. Child cannot work during school hours 7:00am-3:00pm. They cannot work no later than 7:00pm, 9:00 pm form June1 to Labor Day. No more than 3 hours a day on a school