Fundamentals of Management (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134237473
Author: Stephen P. Robbins, Mary A. Coulter, David A. De Cenzo
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 18DQ
Societal moral issue: Although enforcement of worker safety in Bangladesh is clearly lax, government officials clearly don’t want global businesses withdrawing from the country (and moving the problem somewhere else) and driving it deeper into poverty. Discuss.
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