Hidden Face of Globalization Paper
As you watch the video of Hidden Face of Globalization, jot down this information:
In the clip at 6:03, it says:
A sewer makes between __11__ cents to _17___ cents an hour or as little as $__5.28________ a week. A sewer can work up to 107 hours a week.
The young girls who remove the string from the garments make __as little as $3.84 a week___.
The corporations have practically wiped out the cost of labor.
Now, do some math (worth 5 points).
- For a sewer working 12 hours a day for 7 days of week getting paid 11 cents an hour, it costs a company ______ a week.
- Repeat, they are getting 84 hours of labor for __________ a week. (same answer as A)
- In the USA, a worker in TN would have to make minimum wage of $________ an hour. (can Google to find)
- The first 40 hours of work would cost a company $ __________.
- The remaining 44 hours would cost a company $ ____________ (rate of time and half)
- Hours x (minimum wage + ½ minimum wage)
- In Bangladesh, it costs a company $ ___________ for 84 hours of work. (same answer as A and B)
- In USA, it costs a company $_____________ for 84 hours of work. (add D and E together)
- A COMPANY OUTSOURCING LABOR TO BANGLEDASH WOULD SAVE HOW MUCH TO DO SO ON ONE WORKER IN COMPARISON TO WHAT IT WOULD COST THEM TO HIRE SOMEONE IN TN TO DO THE WORK AT MINIMUM WAGE.
(G – F = COST SAVINGS TO COMPANY)
So what? (worth 15 points) – Remember the Rule of Thumb (1 point = 1 quality sentence)
- Now, what could the Board of Directors decide to do with those cost savings which are magnified for each worker it outsources to a country like Bangladesh? When answering think about the stakeholders (sewers doing work in factories, factory owners, towns where factories are located, customers, employees of the company back home, shareholders). (6 points)
- What do Board of Directors typically do with all these cost savings? (4 points)
- What do you believe the ethical action is for a board in using these cost savings? Why do you believe this way? (5 points)
Part B: Board of Directors for your Selected Documentary Company (20 points)
Look at the corporate board members for your selected company or nonprofit you are using in your documentary case analysis. Be sure you are looking at the board members and not shareholders, employees/ executive leadership only, or founders.
- What do you notice about this board in terms of their gender, age and experience they bring to the board? (3 points)
- Based on perspectives which are missing, who would you recommend serve on the board and why? (2 points)
- You will have to RESEARCH to find this answer. What did the board know and/or do with regards to the unethical actions of the company? Did they ignore it? Did they defend the actions? Did they cover it up? (10 points)
- Why do you think the board did what it did as you discussed above in question 3? (5 points)
Part C: Lessons Learnt
The last part of the Documentary Case Analysis asks you to give advice to the company or organization you focused on to provide guidance to keep the unethical conduct from occurring again.
See the language from the documentary case analysis template:
Lessons for Other Organizations and Leaders
In this section, provide at least THREE lessons you take away from this book or
documentary and paper that you think other organizations and leaders need to realize if they want ethical organizations with ethical people within them.
Of course, provide no less than a paragraph discussion each lesson.
To get you thinking for that last part of the documentary case analysis, think about your advice to the Board of Directors. Give three specific ideas to the Board of Directors on what they should do to have ethical organizations with ethical people within them. You need a total of 22 quality sentences across the three ideas.
- Idea 1 for Board of Directors
- Idea 2 for Board of Directors
Idea 3 for Board of Directors