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AFFIRMATIVE POSITION

Outsourcing is the practice of using outside for firms to perform some of their work activities. Larger companies use outsourcing practices to cut their costs, while small companies outsource their payroll processing, distribution, and accounting functions. The outsourcing method enables companies to obtain a competitive advantage; it makes businesses adapt to changing market conditions and challenges. It facilitates increased efficiency, thus enables organizations to be more productive and provide more outstanding quality. Also, outsourcing gives organizations access to capabilities and facilities and improves core business activities (Tayauova, 2012).

I support the concept of Outsourcing janitorial services at Inoteech Corp for the following arguments; the practice of outsourcing will help cut operational costs in practical ways. For instance, the company will have the opportunity to hire and terminating outsourced company's employees without hesitation since employment terms are based on a contract basis. Also, the company can negotiate the outsourced employees' salaries. Another argument is based on the company's ability to provide various products that contain critical information about the company. Outsourcing of janitors results in the company having no control over its employees' hiring, resulting in the loss of the company's critical information, resulting in a decrease in product sales (Anderson, Sweeney, Williams, Camm, & Cochran, 2020)

An ethical framework that would support my stance on outsourcing is Utilitarianism; this is the practice of executing actions within an organization that are more useful to the employees than the company itself. The organization strives for operational efficiency, includes functions of maximizing corporate sales, profits, and revenues. Therefore, when the company decides to terminate the 40 workers from both Indiana and Ohio facilities, it will help the organization cut operational costs and benefit its employees through the ability to reduce operating costs while improving the company's budget (Anderson et al., 2020).

According to the above scenario, the fiduciary duties and social responsibility include the following; first, fiduciary duty entails establishing loyalty and commitment of care. In this situation, my stance of outsourcing janitorial services must benefit the organization; therefore, I am performing fiduciary duty by helping the company reduce its operational costs to increase its sales, revenue, and profits. Additionally, laying off the 40 employees from Indian and Ohio facilities protects the company from losing critical information. Social responsibility is the ability to work with my colleagues collaboratively to increase the company's outputs. InfoTech Corp offers a variety of products and services to its customers and society. It is my social responsibility to ensure that the company continues providing its services to the community (Coelho, McClure, & Spry, 2003). The company can achieve this through the ability to have a consistent flow of capital from its sales and revenue. Therefore, this can be done by outsourcing janitors, which provides an opportunity for the company to maximize its profits through cutting costs.

References

Anderson, D. R., Sweeney, D. J., Williams, T. A., Camm, J. D., & Cochran, J. J. (2020). Essentials of modern business statistics with Microsoft Excel. Cengage Learning.

Branch, B., & Merton, J. (2003). Fiduciary Duty and Social Responsibility.

Coelho, P. R., McClure, J. E., & Spry, J. A. (2003). The social responsibility of corporate management: A classical critique. American journal of business.

 

Tayauova, G. (2012). Advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing: analysis of outsourcing practices of Kazakhstan banks. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 41, 188-195.