Business Ethics in Apparel Manufacturing: A Literature Review

U. Rathnayake, G. Karunasena
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Business organisations face ethical questions everyday concerning all aspects of the business. Today the management of ethics has become a very important aspect in the general management of business in order to maintain harmony within the organization and to ensure harmonious existence in the society. Business ethics can be defined as the principles and standards that determine acceptable conduct in business organizations which determined by customers, competitors, government regulators, interest groups, and the public, as well as each individual’s personal moral principles and values.The apparel industry in Sri Lanka is one of the most important business sectors as it is the number one foreign exchange earner and the largest single employer in the manufacturing industry. The industry provides direct employment opportunities to over 300,000 and 600,000. The ethical business practices of apparel industry are more important towards the business creditability and growth of Sri Lankan economy as over the past decade, global interest has focused on how, where and by whom products were made.The field of business ethics has traditionally been the domain of philosophers, academics and social critic. Consequently, much of today's literature about business ethics is not geared toward the practical information on managing ethics in the workplaces. The problem is the outcome of insufficient involvement of leaders and managers in discussion and literature about business ethics. Therefore, this paper focused on identifying the ethical issues in business organisations with special emphasized to the apparel manufacturing organisations. Poor working conditions, law wages, long working hours and prevention of worker rights in relation to joining together in trade unions were identified as the critical ethical issues in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka.
服装制造业的商业伦理:文献综述
商业组织每天都面临着涉及业务各个方面的道德问题。今天,为了维护组织内部的和谐,确保社会的和谐存在,道德管理已经成为企业一般管理中一个非常重要的方面。商业道德可以定义为在商业组织中确定可接受行为的原则和标准,这些原则和标准是由客户、竞争对手、政府监管机构、利益集团和公众以及每个人的个人道德原则和价值观决定的。斯里兰卡的服装业是最重要的商业部门之一,因为它是头号外汇收入来源,也是制造业中最大的单一雇主。该行业为30万至60万人提供了直接就业机会。服装行业的道德商业实践对斯里兰卡经济的商业信誉和增长更为重要,因为在过去的十年中,全球的兴趣集中在产品是如何,在哪里以及由谁制造的。传统上,商业伦理领域一直是哲学家、学者和社会评论家的领域。因此,今天许多关于商业道德的文献都没有针对工作场所管理道德的实用信息。这个问题是领导者和管理者对商业道德的讨论和文献参与不足的结果。因此,本文着重于识别商业组织中的道德问题,特别强调服装制造组织。工作条件差、工资低、工作时间长以及与加入工会有关的工人权利得不到保障被确定为斯里兰卡服装业的关键道德问题。
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