in the world of globalization many jobs are being "out sourced" to cheaper labor in foreign countries. Argue

Question

in the world of globalization many jobs are being "out sourced" to cheaper labor in foreign countries. make an argument for the possible positive ethical basis of U.S. out sourcing.

Answer 1

I don't know about the ethics of it. What I do know is the history and reality of it.

After WWII, the US had a mighty manufacturing base, and was untouched by war. We were able to quickly turn that manufacturing base to use making commercial goods. The rest of the industrialized world was left in ruin to some extent or another. For a period of 20 years or so, we literally had no major competition in manufacturing, thus we were the world's manufacturing base, and our mfg. jobs paid handsomely.

Finally, by the 70's other nations, namely in Asia had put together their industries again, and started competing with us, only they were willing to do it for a lot less wages. Even later in the 90's, China reversed course and took the plunge into capitalism. There were a billion people willing to do the same low-skilled manufacturing jobs for A LOT LESS money, because it was still a step up for them.

So what you have is good quality, low-skilled manufacturing able to be done elsewhere in the world for a lot less.

Now for the ethics part. Is it ethical to insist American companies commit suicide by forcing them to manufacture here with high labor costs, yet compete to sell their goods in a worldwide market? I say no.

The reality is simply this. Manufacturing is a declining value sector, because many other countries will happily do it for less. To continue to chase manufacturing jobs is to actively pursue lower wage jobs, if you still wish to sell your goods around the world.

It would be like when our country was shifting from agriculture jobs to manufacturing, a bunch of people decided we needed to pursue agricultural jobs again, because they were our bread and butter years before.

The appropriate strategy today is to find or create jobs that stress added value. Those added value jobs are where the high wages are. Think technology, medicine, finance, etc. Yes, these are the dreaded service jobs we are told to fear. I say however it is the manufacturing jobs we should fear, because those only will lead to lower wages in the future. The service jobs that require high end knowledge are the future.

Answer 2

Not true in order for products to have a consumer base there must be employment in their markets. It seems that out sourcing occurs out of the country but there are government regulations that protect importing and exporting. Rather outsourcing is done withing the country, not using cheap labor but lesser quality products that are allowed to be imported. Is a complicated system but in the end job losses in a sector mean job gain in another within the country. Of course the job loses in a sector paid higher than the jobs gains in the other.

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