Management Report

MANAGEMENT REPORT

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MANAGEMENT REPORT

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2006

Management Report

Introduction

In the society of academics and business , globalization has been discussed repeatedly . Within that discussions contain prediction of the effects of globalization . However , from the abundant amount of western literatures discussing about globalization and its effect , only a handful recognized the negative side effects of the phenomenon . These effects are outnumbered and almost forgotten due to the increasingly unbalanced spotlight over the positive effects of globalization

A study by

the International Labor Organization (ILO ) indicated that globalization has considerable negative effects toward labor and their organization . Companies are increasingly exposed to international powers that force them to double their efforts to increase productivity and reduce costs or -in extreme senses- `die ' trying . Under these tremendous pressures from competitors and consumers , labor organization is diminishing in terms of their influence toward corporate employment decisions . In desperate times , companies are seeing labor and employees as burden instead of resources of the company . Often , when cornered some managers categorized labor cuts among the first choices of solutions . The study by ILO indicated that the number of unemployment increases in the globalization era compared to prior times (`Labor Market Trends , n .d

The study indicated that unemployment increases primarily in developing countries . In developed countries , there is another issue that resulted changes in labor concerns . Globalization has considerably shifted labor trends in the developed countries from manufacturing to service sectors . From the 1970 , even the economically dominant countries , like the United States and Japan , cannot do anything that has considerably increased the rate of employment in manufacturing sector To some extent , this created another problem within those developed countries

In to survive the diminishing market , manufacturing companies are performing downsizing activities with little regard of their worker 's well being . This examines the argument of whether labor rights are secondary to the survival of companies . With the increasing pressure on companies to increase their efficiency , this issue has grown in significance . Furthermore , there will also be discussion about the latest corporate decisions that involve labor rights and how can we diminished the negative effects of the decisions . This will use one of the greatest companies in the world , the Ford Motor Company , as the focus of study

Case Background

II .1 Reduced Corporate Morals

Driven by the ever-mounting demands to satisfy stakeholders , companies have been reduced in terms of their sensitivity toward labor rights Small benefits , frequent lay-offs , racial discrimination and many types of social harassment are examples of issues we often heard in discussions about labor and employment today

Some companies even have a `reputation ' in abusing the rights of their employees and labors . Coca-cola for example , is accused for the ultimate abuse of worker 's rights . Between 1989 and 2002 , it is recorded that 8 union leaders from Coca-Cola bottling plants in Columbia were killed These leaders were active protestors of Coca-Cola 's labor practices There are also reports of hundreds of...