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    1. When companies move jobs overseas through offshoring, the company benefits from lower costs while employees lose through lower wages. Some advantages for companies are reduced production costs and increased profits, while consumers benefit from cheaper products. 2. The document discusses whether offshoring is ethical given that companies benefit while employees lose. While offshoring can be ethical if employees receive benefits and have a choice, it is generally considered unethical because employees are forced to relocate to earn less and be separated from families. 3. As an HR manager, one could help a company proceed ethically with offshoring by only removing efficient rather than effective employees, allowing time for contracts to end, briefing employees on benefits and

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    1. When companies move jobs overseas through offshoring, the company benefits from lower costs while employees lose through lower wages. Some advantages for companies are reduced production costs and increased profits, while consumers benefit from cheaper products. 2. The document discusses whether offshoring is ethical given that companies benefit while employees lose. While offshoring can be ethical if employees receive benefits and have a choice, it is generally considered unethical because employees are forced to relocate to earn less and be separated from families. 3. As an HR manager, one could help a company proceed ethically with offshoring by only removing efficient rather than effective employees, allowing time for contracts to end, briefing employees on benefits and

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    1. When companies move jobs overseas through offshoring, the company benefits from lower costs while employees lose through lower wages. Some advantages for companies are reduced production costs and increased profits, while consumers benefit from cheaper products. 2. The document discusses whether offshoring is ethical given that companies benefit while employees lose. While offshoring can be ethical if employees receive benefits and have a choice, it is generally considered unethical because employees are forced to relocate to earn less and be separated from families. 3. As an HR manager, one could help a company proceed ethically with offshoring by only removing efficient rather than effective employees, allowing time for contracts to end, briefing employees on benefits and

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    1. When companies move jobs overseas through offshoring, the company benefits from lower costs while employees lose through lower wages. Some advantages for companies are reduced production costs and increased profits, while consumers benefit from cheaper products. 2. The document discusses whether offshoring is ethical given that companies benefit while employees lose. While offshoring can be ethical if employees receive benefits and have a choice, it is generally considered unethical because employees are forced to relocate to earn less and be separated from families. 3. As an HR manager, one could help a company proceed ethically with offshoring by only removing efficient rather than effective employees, allowing time for contracts to end, briefing employees on benefits and

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    Limheya, Melvin Lloyd R.


    Manalang, Raebellyn Joy D.
    Mendigoren, Marie Tonie
    Salvador, Jomilyne S.
    Semillano, Celine S.

    CASELET#1 – THINKING ETHICALLY


    The ethics of offshoring

    1. When a company moves jobs to another country, who benefits? Who


    loses?
    Companies move jobs to another country through offshoring with the intention
    of lowering their cost. When the employees are moved to a less developed
    country, they earn lower than what they are suppose to if they are in their own
    country. Though the employees that will be sent to the other country will lose at
    least they will experience new things and it could also be their training to be
    better on their field. Some of the advantages the company can get from
    offshoring are research and development, cheaper production cost, increase in
    profit margins, cheaper product for consumers and capital can redirect to
    domestic economy. So employees are the ones who lose and the company is the
    one who benefits.

    2. Given the mix of winner and loser, do you think offshoring is ethical?
    Why or why not?
    In some areas, offshoring is ethical in the sense that if the company would
    provide benefits and compensation for the employees sent outside their country.
    It would also be nice if the employees have at least time to make their decision
    about the matter. But in our opinion, it is unethical because employees are forced
    to leave their own country to earn less in a foreign country. This is surely not fair
    to their part. Employees will have to adjust to their new environment and working
    place. They will work far away from their families and loved ones. Lastly, their
    wages will decrease if they will be sent in a less developed country.
    3. Imagine you are an HR manager at a company that is planning to begin
    offshoring its production or customer service operation. How could you
    help the company proceed as ethically as possible?
    If I'm the HR manager I will help the company’s offshoring to be ethical as I
    would only remove those employees that are only efficient not those who are
    effective in the operations of the company and I suggest that the company should
    wait for the end of contract. I would also consider briefing them. I would discuss
    about what the employees could expect when they are offshored, their benefits
    and possible loss. With this the employees would have time to prepare
    themselves if ever they are the ones chosen. Also proper training will lessen the
    employee’s cultural shock or an introduction on what may happen in the future.
    But I would still ask them if it is okay for them to be offshored as ethical as
    possible and I'll make sure to whoever will be affected by offshoring right terms,
    conditions, proper guidance and support of the company will be given to them.
    It is noticeable that most of these are for the good of the employees. The
    reason for offshoring usually leads to employees' loss, so why not make the best
    out of it. If the ever the employee loses at least they have compensations and
    they are properly briefed about what to expect. This I would say in my opinion is
    the most ethical way possible in offshoring.

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