Ethical business strategy between east and west: an analysis of minimum wage policy in the garment global supply chain i
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Ethical business strategy between east and west: an analysis of minimum wage policy in the garment global supply chain industry of Bangladesh Robayet Ferdous Syed 1 & Received: 14 April 2020 / Accepted: 1 August 2020/ # Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract There are two primary purposes of this manuscript: (i) to evaluate the western buyers’ ethical issue in the setting of eastern and western economies, and (ii) to assess the ethical values of the employers and the government in their business dealing in the background of Bangladesh. Analyzing the present minimum wage (MW) policy of the garment global supply chain industry in Bangladesh and the extent to which the policy functions are two of the other purposes of this study. This study is the mixed approached of exploratory, descriptive, and phenomenological qualitative research. Each of the exploratory, descriptive, and phenomenological qualitative research goals has identified and described in a systematic way to get the best outcome of the purposes set in this manuscript. This study shows that rule utilitarian ethics are being followed by the Western buyers in their business dealings in Western territories. The philosophy of rule utilitarianism holds moral principles, and this principle tends to place greater emphasis on ethical interests rather than economic gains. Unfortunately, Western buyers do not follow the rule utilitarianism in their business dealing in eastern countries. Thus, this study shows western business leaders/buyers are not ethically correct. The act utilitarian ethics, on the other hand, are being followed by the eastern buyers in their business dealing. The philosophy of act utilitarianism holds immoral principles, and this principle tends to place greater emphasis on economic gains rather than ethical interest. This philosophy permit firm’s unethical behavior such as an exploitation of MW on the ground that this practice increases its incomes and maximizes the owner’s interest. The employers and buyers unethically gain profit, keeping the workers in a disadvantaged situation, which contradicts John Rawls’ Theory of Justice. Furthermore, the government has become an accomplice in exploiting and depriving the garment works of their entitlement and labor rights to appease the so-called investors. * Robayet Ferdous Syed [email protected]
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Southeast University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Syed R.F.
This study helps buyers, employers, government, and stakeholders to correct their unethical business deals. It also helps the policymakers to implement the MW policy for the betterment of garment global supply chain workers. Keywords Minimum wage policy . Business ethics . Garment global supply chain industry
. Theory of Justice . Bangladesh
Introduction
X’s boat capsizes in the sea. He will soon drown. “Y” comes along in a boat and says to “X,” “I will save you from drowning, but only if you give me with 50% of your future earnings.” X angrily agrees.1 In this above situation, people may take a stance that Y did not harm X, rather X might have a bette
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