Fundamentals of Management: Essential Concepts and Applications (9th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133499919
Author: Stephen P. Robbins, David A. De Cenzo, Mary A. Coulter
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 27DQ
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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