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Artikel ini adalah salah satu dari banyak dipublikasikan pada anak
jalanan di kota-kota Amerika Latin selama awal 1990-an. Masalah yang
menjadi fokus adalah salah satu yang melakukan advokasi anak-anak
telah dibawa ke perhatian dari HB Fuller Perusahaan berulang kali selama
bertahun-tahun. Artikel itu berbunyi:
PERTANYAAN
1. Menurut pendapat anda, adalah HB Fuller bertanggung jawab atas
kecanduan anak jalanan untuk produk-produknya Resistol? Apakah Anda
setuju atau tidak setuju dengan pernyataan bahwa kondisi sosial di
Honduras dan Guatemala bertanggung jawab terhadap penyalahgunaan
produk HB Fuller dan bahwa baik produk maupun perusahaan yang harus
disalahkan? Apakah Anda setuju atau tidak setuju bahwa perusahaan
induk tidak bertanggung jawab atas kegiatan anak perusahaan? Jelaskan
jawaban Anda sepenuhnya.
2. Menurut pendapat anda apakah HB Fuller melakukan sendiri dengan
cara yang secara moral tepat? Jelaskan jawaban Anda.
3. Apa, jika ada, harus perusahaan telah melakukan itu tidak lakukan?
CATATAN
1. Ed. Griffin-Nolan, Dealing Glue to Third World Children, The
Progressive,
December 1991, p. 26.
2. Diana B. Henriques, Black Mark for a Good Citizen, New York
Times, 26
November 1995, section 3, p. 1.
3. Norman Bowie and Stefanie Ann Lenway, H. B. Fuller in Honduras:
Street Children and Substance Abuse,
in Thomas Donaldson and Al Gini, eds., Case Studies in Business Ethics,
3rd ed. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice Hall, 1993), p. 287.
4. Griffin-Nolan, Dealing Glue, p. 26.
5. Henriques, Black Mark for a Good Citizen
6. Griffin-Nolan, Dealing Glue, p. 27.
7. Paul McEnroe, Glue Abuse in Latin America Haunts Fuller Co., Star
Tribune, 21 April 1996. 8. Griffin-Nolan, Dealing Glue, p. 28.
9. McEnroe, Glue Abuse.
10. H. B. Fuller, Annual Report, 1992.
11. Diana B. Henriques, Black Mark for a Good Citizen, New York
Times, 26
November 1995, section 3, p. 1.
12. McEnroe, Glue Abuse.
13. McEnroe, Glue Abuse.
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street-children-and-su
As the CEO of the H.B Fuller Company, I have a great degree of first-hand
knowledge and can honestly say that when it comes to business ethics,
few American corporations have a better image than the H.B. Fuller
Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. We are a leading manufacturer of
industrial glues, coatings and paints, having won various awards, honors
and inclusion in a variety of socially conscious mutual funds, all of which
attest to our standing as a good corporate citizen. Recently, however, its
handling of a stubborn image-staining problem has tainted our reputation.
Specifically, there was illegal abuse of its shoemaker's glue by homeless
Central American children who became addicted to the product's
intoxicating and dangerous fumes (Henriques, 1995, p. 1). By ignoring this
very serious issue we are indirectly saying to businesses and stakeholders,
the community and society in general that we are concerned with financial
gain at the expense of peoples safety. Such perceptions, however, are in
direct contrast to our vision statement and it is of the utmost importance
that we make all necessary changes to restore the faith of both the public
and private sectors. One of the ways that this can be accomplished is
through a series of commercials that address the fatal affects of huffing
glue and which will erase the pairing of our brand name to drug use. In
conjunction with various subsidized drug awareness programs, we can
save costs in combating our recent negative publicity, restoring our profits
and, more importantly, saving lives. A first step will be to add a warning
label or disclaimer directly to each tube of glue that may be harmful if
inhaled. An additional and well-documented plan is to add oil of mustard
to the product, which will make it less attractive to inhale. In addition,
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Pauly said...
I had the same feeling that Kativo is getting blamed for a much larger
problem which should be dealt with by the Honduran government. If Kativo
had some way to change their product so that it would not be used by the
street children like adding oil of mustard, the street kids would more than
likely simply change to another drug. Dr. Zavala is correct in saying it is a
social problem.
Perhaps looking at what causes kids to end up on the street and dealing
with that would be the right approach.
Saya punya perasaan yang sama yang Kativo semakin disalahkan untuk
masalah yang jauh lebih besar yang harus ditangani oleh pemerintah
Honduras. Jika Kativo memiliki beberapa cara untuk mengubah produk
mereka sehingga tidak akan digunakan oleh anak-anak jalanan seperti
menambahkan minyak mustar, anak-anak jalanan akan lebih dari mungkin
hanya mengubah ke obat lain. Dr Zavala benar dengan mengatakan itu
adalah masalah sosial.
Mungkin melihat apa yang menyebabkan anak-anak untuk berakhir di
jalan dan berurusan dengan yang akan menjadi pendekatan yang tepat.
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Plasma International
I enjoyed the readings for this week. I would like to focus this week's blog on the case study
entitled: "Plasma International." My argument is that Corporate Social Responsibility is not
tied to a company's conscientiousness, but rather comes as an outhgrowth of wealth-building
and, when caught, serves as a bi-product and convenient tool to legitimize unscrupulous
behavior.
All of the case studies and the philosophical perspectives we have read about recently have
had a profound thought-provoking impact on me. However, none was more unnerving then
this case study where a business buys and sells the blood of West African tribes like they are
operating a prostitution ring. I've often been amused at how we as individuals and as
corporate leaders process our thoughts in such a way that the outcomes are clear to us, if not
to anyone else. These are especially lethal practices when used as an attempt to justify our
actions by legitimizing our behavior.
Plasma International, like all corporations that we have studied or will study, went into
business to make a profit. Period. It appears that this company had no scruples, no conscience
or common sense when they began this operation. By using the blood of street people
and derelicts to supply unknowing recipients, their costs were low and their profits were high.
There were no other basis for operating a business such as this. But the questions are these:
Were they thinking of corporate responsibility during their start up phase?
Did they attempt to select donors based on any kind of criteria (safety, fragile, etc.,)
other than their donors were human?
Did they care anything about the patients that would be receiving this blood?
The answer to these questions are obvious. But did their actions invoike CSR at this point.
"No." However, even when they got caught selling tainted blood, it did'nt force them to stop
the practice. Why? Because it would impact profits. So they chose to find another source.
Instead, they, like many other companies (H. B. Fuller, Resistol, etc.,) that pounce on the poor
and disenfranchised to line the profits of their industries, found new sources of blood in
underdeveloped countries, purchasing it for 90 cents a pint and reselling blood to hospitals in
the United States or South America at $150 a pint (Thomas Donaldson &
Patricia Werhane 156).
The article ended with Smith refusing to open up about his business practice, leaving the
reader wondering if he infact, practiced any CSR aftwerwards. Of course, many of the
businesses studied, after becoming large enough (through profits, government subsidies, etc.,)
jump onto the conscience-train as they then attempt to legitimize their activities by invoking
corporate social responsibility.
Take any of the companies that we have studied so far. H. B. Fuller could have taken several
actions to curtail the effect of glue-sniffing amongst the street people of Honduras:
Instead, they chose to attempt to put a law on the books that would allow them to add oil of
mustard to their product, thereby continuing to increase profits.
Resistol was unbelievable. They take a product that cannot be patented and patent aspects of
their business in order to secure huge profits on the drug. They continue to raise profits as
they pleased. Yes, they spend billions of dollars on R&D but the case basically mentioned one
new product that has a potential for this company, and they intend to price that product
higher still. The question here is: "Where is their social conscience?" They give the drug away
free in some underdeveloped countries, as European countries are selling the same produce
for $2.60.
Back to Plasma International. The article mentioned that Jack Smith went into the blood and
blood plasma business after recognizing the world's need for safe, uncontaminated blood. So
he turns around and sells tainted and unsafe blood through storefronts and spends his
company's resources to fund a highly-qualified team of medical consultants to find new
sources. When questioned about his activities, his response is: "I just don't understand it. We
run a business just like any other buseness: we pay taxes and we try to make an honest profit
(157)."
Plasma Internasional
Saya menikmati bacaan untuk minggu ini. Saya ingin fokus blog minggu
ini pada studi kasus yang berjudul: ". Plasma Internasional" Argumen saya
adalah bahwa tanggung jawab sosial perusahaan adalah tidak terikat pada
kesadaran perusahaan, melainkan datang sebagai outhgrowth dari
membangun kekayaan dan, ketika tertangkap, berfungsi sebagai alat bi-
produk dan nyaman untuk melegitimasi perilaku yang tidak bermoral.
Semua studi kasus dan perspektif filosofis kita telah membaca tentang
baru-baru ini memiliki dampak pemikiran mendalam pada saya. Namun,
tidak ada yang lebih menakutkan maka ini studi kasus di mana sebuah
bisnis membeli dan menjual darah suku-suku Afrika Barat seperti mereka
beroperasi jaringan prostitusi. Saya sering geli bagaimana kita sebagai
individu dan sebagai pemimpin perusahaan memproses pikiran kita
sedemikian rupa sehingga hasilnya akan jelas bagi kita, kalau bukan untuk
orang lain. Ini adalah praktek terutama mematikan bila digunakan sebagai
upaya untuk membenarkan tindakan kita dengan melegitimasi perilaku
kita.
Artikel ini berakhir dengan Smith menolak untuk membuka diri tentang
praktek bisnisnya, membuat pembaca bertanya-tanya apakah ia Infact,
berlatih setiap aftwerwards CSR. Tentu saja, banyak bisnis dipelajari,
setelah menjadi cukup besar (melalui keuntungan, subsidi pemerintah,
dll,) melompat ke kereta nurani-saat mereka kemudian berusaha untuk
melegitimasi kegiatan mereka dengan menerapkan tanggung jawab sosial
perusahaan.
Ambil salah satu perusahaan yang telah kita pelajari sejauh ini. HB Fuller
bisa mengambil beberapa tindakan untuk mengurangi efek dari lem-
sniffing di antara orang-orang jalanan Honduras: