Discussion post

Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
Read Chapter 5 in your Meeting the Ethical Challenge of Leadership textbook.
Read the article: Fiduciary Duty and Social Responsibility.
Watch Onshoring vs. Offshoring (Outsourcing Domestically vs. Abroad): One Minute Explanation/Comparison.
Read the article: Janitor Uprising highlights tensions over outsourcing

You are the production manager of Inotech Corp.  Inotech provides goods and services for a wide range of customers and many products contain proprietary information in which confidentiality is important.

It has come to your attention that the CEO has expressed the desire to trim operating costs. You have heard that the Financial manager has decided to present the idea of “outsourcing/onshoring” the janitorial staff to a local service.  Inotech’s janitorial team consists of 20 employees at the Indiana facility and 20 employees at the Ohio facility.

You plan to attend the meeting to express why you believe this is not the best option.

Your post will be your argument of why outsourcing janitorial services will not be the best way to trim costs.

Be sure to utilize your guidelines for negotiating that you developed in Workshop Three.

Define outsourcing/onshoring.
Analyze and construct at least two clear and well-supported arguments for not outsourcing the janitorial service to a local company.
Identify and apply one ethical framework from Chapter 5 that supports your stance on outsourcing (Utilitarianism, Kant’s Theory, Justice as Fairness, Pragmatism, and Altruism).
Demonstrate how your stance is ethical for the company based on the application of your ethical framework.
Discuss the fiduciary duties and social responsibility at play in this situation