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Question

How do other considerations impact the ethical responsibilities of a company.

Apple is known for outsourcing manufacturing jobs to other countries. For instance, they have a relationship with Foxconn in China to manufacture their iPhones.

Identify and define an ethical theory you would cite when addressing concerns raised by Apple's management as to whether worker safety laws from the United States or China should apply to these workers employed by Foxconn.

Considered this scenario:

If child labor laws in China allow those under 16 years of age to work in the Foxconn factories, provide an ethical theory requiring that Apple apply the laws from the United States.

What ethical approach allows Apple to use the laws from China regarding child labor?

If Apple returned its manufacturing of iPhones to the United States, would it be required to meet environmental standards as required by the Environmental Protection Agency?

However, this would only be cost-effective only if the manager of the plant in the United States altered reporting to the EPA, indicating that Apple was meeting EPA standards. Therefore, identify, define, and apply an ethical theory that would support the plant manager's position to alter Apple's EPA reporting and an ethical approach requiring that Apple comply with EPA standards.