Reasons for China in Business Case Study

The Problem:
In the past thirty years saturated markets as well as growth potential have caused many corporations to seek out international ventures. These ventures are certainly logical from the corporate standpoint. They have a huge growth potential, maximize profits, and allow businesses to enter different, usually unsaturated markets. But these gains do not come without a cost. These costs are not financial but must still be examined. In the past international businesses, especially businesses in the manufacturing sector have been criticized by many labor, political, human rights, and environmental organizations as being, to say the least, unethical. Many of these businesses, weather they realize it or not, have exploited workers, polluted the environment, and aided corrupt governments. These facts have forced international businesses to reexamine their priorities. More often than not priorities involving profits become more important than ethical business practices. ...