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Posting 1:
The recent disaster in Bangladesh brought a historical issue to the forefront – safety issues in
subpar labor facilities to western suppliers. It is easy to cast a blanketed statement of blame but the
reality is that the companies engaged in labor in Bangladesh and the like have a moral
responsibility to compensate their workers appropriate wages and work/life balances just as they
would for someone in the “west.” Then again that is where it all falls down – it is a moral
responsibility – that means the company is only held liable by government agencies faulted by
other less than viable procedures and laws. It is bureaucratic Swiss cheese. In reality, when
something is out of sight it is likely out of mind – cheap labor in Bangladesh will only get attention
when it makes headlines and therefore can be mitigated with minor losses to a give TNC. In other
words it isn’t worth it to the company to be morally responsible to its workers. To change human
behavior and expect the end user (you and me) to take responsibility for the laborer is an
expectation of biblical proportions.
American Apparel was successful because of some genius marketing that kept people on edge –
selling through sex. I do not find it coincidental that once the initial CEO was booted out the
company hit some serious financial issues leading to bankruptcy. American Apparel does use
methods like vertical integration, as does every single successful TNC. The difference is that that
integration was kept local as scrutinizing ends, which led to another layer of marketability.
Essentially American Apparel made its business model into its marketing plan. I do believe their
model would work with other companies in the same industry but there is always to appoint of
diminishing return. When a certain business model and/or marketing strategy peaks in its
effectiveness its performance will begin to diminish and eventually stabilize. If planned well that
stabilization will occur in a realm that was already planned for – if it wasn’t planned for then the
American Apparel business model will see many business model surrogates crumble.
Posting 2
In the Bangladesh tragedy I think all parties are at fault in some way or another; if not directly,
indirectly. The Bangladesh government is at fault for not taking more safety measures and
monitoring the building. One of the articles mentioned how inspectors had not been able to
inspect the building, and that there are a shortage of inspectors. With proper inspection issues in
the building would have been found and could have possibly prevented this from happening. The
factory owner could have hired their own private inspector to check out the building too. If the
factory owner doesn’t care about human rights or fair working conditions then why would he care
to bother to hire an inspector? The owners are able to treat people poorly because they have no
way to fight back.
Another problem that became relevant in one of the article’s when they brought up the corruption
index and how members, lawmakers, of the national parliament own different garment businesses
in Bangladesh. This is especially concerning because they are going to be looking at how to make
the most profit for themselves, and design laws with loopholes or ways to keep the costs low in
these factories. The interest is no where in the safety of the people.
Western governments could influence positively if they wanted too. We all know of human rights
issues in different companies and the poor quality of everything about sweat shops, yet we brush it
under the rug. We know it’s an issue but it is far away from home so it feels as though it doesn’t
really exist and we can turn a blind eye to it. Western companies profit from outsourcing to other
factories like the one in Bangladesh.
The American Apparel model is appealing, and by keeping the factories in the U.S. they have many
more high standards to reach. It is not as easy to get away with treating the people who work in
the factories as poorly. As negative as the garment industry can appear in the media this is the best
job people can get in some of these countries. They can support the whole family and are not
working out in fields. Under the American Apparel model it would not be possible to have as many
people working in the factories, cutting the number of jobs that many people rely on.
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