An ethical perspective on problems multinational companies in the apparel industry face, when outsourcing their production to developing countries wi…

2014

Masteroppgave økonomi og administrasjon- Universitetet i Agder, 2014 This thesis addresses the ethical problems multinational companies in the apparel industry face, when outsourcing their production to developing countries with inadequate institutions. I will use a case study of Bangladesh, to reveal the actions of Primark, Kappahl and the Benetton Group. These companies will be evaluated in light of three main schools of ethics; Virtue ethics, consequentialism, and deontology. I will show how companies have been dealing with ethical problems, and I will in relation to the ethical schools find out how these problems should be dealt with. The thesis shows that problems in the apparel indust…