This paper for MGT-455 is due on November 27th it is titled: Christian Worldview/Operations Management Integration Paper
The instructions and the “Ethical Dilemma” are below, the Supply Chain Management ethical dilemma from Chapter 11 from the textbook is a good one. Please find both below:
Instructions:
Details: This paper must be 1500+ words for an A.
For this assignment, you will discuss how Christian principles can be applied to an operations management dilemma:
Select one of the ethical dilemmas below from the text:
Managing Quality (Chapter 6) (page 227)
Process Strategy (Chapter 7) (page 291)
Layout Strategy (Chapter 9) (page 379)
Supply Chain Management (Chapter 11) (page 453)
Inventory Management (Chapter 12) (page 502)
Briefly summarize the issue. Note that only a small portion of your paper’s content should be devoted to summarizing the issue.
Respond to the following question(s) in the text:
How can this issue be addressed from a Christian worldview? In other words, what guidance from a Biblical perspective could be applied to understand and possibly resolve the dilemma? The following GCU websites may be helpful: Doctrinal Statement (http://www.gcu.edu/About-Us/Doctrinal-Statement.php) and Mission and Vision (http://www.gcu.edu/About-Us/Mission-and-Vision.php.)
In addition to addressing the questions, the student may also optionally frame the issue using ethical theories (Utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, Distributive Justice, Virtue ethics and Covenantal ethics). Note however that the questions provided must be addressed.
Use external citations. Your paper should have at least six external citations (in additional to any Biblical citations) to help frame the issue. No Wikipedia citations are allowed.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
Format: use Times New Roman (font size: 12) with 1-inch margins.
Ethical Dilemma:
Etical dilemma on page 497 is the one.
Ethical Dilemma
As a buyer for a discount retail chain, you find yourself caught
in a maelstrom. Just last month, your chain began selling an
economy-priced line of clothing endorsed by a famous movie
star. To be price competitive, you have followed the rest of
the industry and sourced the clothing from a low-wage region
of Asia. Initial sales have been brisk; however, the movie star
has recently called you screaming and crying because an
investigative news outlet has reported that the clothes with her
name on them are being made by children.
Outraged, you fly to the outsourcing manufacturing
facility only to find that conditions are not quite as clearcut
as you had originally imagined. You feel uncomfortable
riding through the streets. Poverty is everywhere. Children
are chasing foreigners and begging for money. When
you enter the plant, you observe a very clean facility. The
completely female workforce appears to be very industrious,
but many of them do appear to be young. You confront the
plant manager and explain your firm’s strict international
sourcing policies. You demand to know why these girls aren’t
in school. The manager provides the following response:
“The truth is that some of these workers may be underage.
We check IDs, but the use of falsified records is commonplace
in this country. Plus, you don’t understand the alternatives. If
you shut this plant down, you will literally take food off the
table for these families. There are no other opportunities in
this town at this time, and there’s no comprehensive welfare
system in our country. As for the young women, school is not
an option. In this town, only boys receive an education past
the sixth grade. If you shut us down, these girls will be out
on the street, begging, stealing, or prostituting themselves.
Your business offers them a better existence. Please don’t
take that away!”
What do you say to your company, the movie star, the media,
and the protestors picketing your stores? Is the best option to
shut down and try someplace else?
