Critical Thinking: Student Advocacy and “Sweatshop” Labor: The Case of Russell Athletic

Question and writing rules

Module 02: Critical Thinking Assignment

Critical Thinking: Student Advocacy and “Sweatshop” Labor: The Case of Russell Athletic

Using the Six Steps of Decision-Making framework from this week’s content, please develop an essay responding to the following questions related to the case study Student Advocacy and “Sweatshop” Labor: The Case of Russell Athletic (p. 109).

Recognize decision requirement: 

What are the factors to consider in a corporation when deciding to outsource labor to developing countries? Include the following:

1. Diagnosis and analysis of causes: If labor outsourcing to developing countries is a legitimate business strategy, how can it be handled without risk of running into a sweatshop scandal?

2. Development of alternatives: What are other countries doing to avoid, reduce or eliminate sweatshops? Selection of desired alternative: Decide on alternatives for outsourcing for companies in developed countries, including whether or not to maintain or implement the same high labor standards and regulations as in the home countries.

3. Implementation of alternatives: Which alternatives would be best for outsourcing for companies in the United States?

4. Evaluation and feedback:

 1)-Have your recommendations been implemented in other countries?

2)- Are they working?

3)-What has been the outcome?

Required:

· Chapters 2 & 3 in International Management: Culture, Strategy, and Behavior

· Chapter 2 PowerPoint slides Chapter 2 PowerPoint slides - Alternative Formats in International Management: Culture, Strategy, and Behavior

· “In-Depth Integrative Case Study 1.1: Student Advocacy and “Sweatshop” Labor: The Case of Russell Athletic” (p. 109), in International Management: Culture, Strategy, and Behavior.

· Lander, C. (2018). Foreign investment adaptations to the changing political and economic environments of the agro-food sector: A case study of Cargill Russia. Problems of Post-Communism, 65(3), 201-219. 

· The Lancet. (2019). Dealing with drug pricing: not just one solution. Lancet (London, England), 392(10165), 2655.  

Recommended:

Comanor, W., Schweitzer, S., Riddle, J. & Schoenberg, F. (2018). Value based pricing of pharmaceuticals in the US and UK: Does centralized cost effectiveness analysis matter? Review of Industrial Organization, 52(4), 589-602.

Essay should meet the following requirements:

· Be 5 pages in length, which does not include the title page, abstract, or required reference page, which is never a part of the content minimum requirements.

· Use APA (7th ed) style guidelines.

· Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least five scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. 

Writing rules

· Use a standard essay format for responses to all questions (i.e., an introduction, middle paragraphs, headline (and conclusion).

· Make sure to include all the key points within conclusion section, which is discussed in the assignment. Your way of conclusion should be logical, flows from the body of the paper, and reviews the major points.

· I would like to see more depth for the question

· Responses must be submitted as a MS Word Document only, typed double-spaced, using a standard font (i.e. Times New Roman) and 12 point type size.

· Plagiarism All work must be free of any form of plagiarism.

· Written answers into your own words. Do not simply cut and paste your answers from the Internet and do not copy your answers from the textbook