Evaluation of Ethical Implications in Contemporary Strategic Management

Contemporar
y Strategic
Management

Evaluation of ethical
implications
 The case study titled ‘Third-World Families at Work: Child
Labor or Child Care?’ highlighted role of the management in
avoid unethical practices.
 Ethical implications are imposed on clothing manufacturers to
ensure that they conduct their operations without adversely
affecting others.
 Clothing manufacturers situated in developed nations have to
comply with roles and responsibilities while establishing their
operations in developing nations (Harris, Roby & Dibb, 2016).
 Major corporations have to take into considered social
sustainability policies by becoming aware regarding current
regulations and practices to ensure that they manage their
operations in ethical manner.

Compliance with regulations
 Self-regulatory structures such as corporate social responsibility
(CSR) have gained popularity based on which corporations have to
maintain transparency in their operations (Perry, Wood & Fernie,
2015).
 Child labour is a major issue which is highlighted in this case study
which shows that corporations are misusing their position to abuse
people in developing countries.
 However, the case study also showed that this is a major source of
employment for people in developing countries without which they
cannot survive.
 This ethical dilemma has shaken the clothing brands from
developed countries and they are enforced to implement mandatory
disclosure and transparency policies in the company to avoid
violation of employment laws, unsafe working environment and
sweatshop production.