This paper will cover the prospect of a manufacturing opportunity in the country of Tunisia. According to Krishnan, Miller, & Judge (1997) indigenous teams have higher turnovers, and lower performances when compared to diverse groups in a study of 147 acquisition firms. Krishnan, Miller, & Judge (1997) opined teams with members of the same background must be managed against social distances. Teams with diverse backgrounds Gebert et al (2014), present a different type of ethical risk. Gebert et al (2014), suggest religious awareness is a necessity in cultural diversity and the risk should be managed based on known religious and cultural conflicts. Place of Business According to Beser & Kilic (2017) Tunisia is the fifty-ninth largest economy in the world with almost thirteen billion dollars in exports. Quamar (2015) states the Tunisia employs its Muslim Democracy political system as a first phase of post despotism. Quamar (2015) posits Tunisia is also the central location t...
Mattel is a Multinational Company (MNC) and world leader in the toy manufacturing industry (Sethi et al, 2011). The company once led a global initiative to address unfair wages, hazardous working conditions, and environmental pollution, with an international code of ethics (Sethi et al, 2011). Mattel follows local regulations, but the regulatory standards in China where their largest foreign plant is located, are subpar when compared to US environmental, safety, and workers standards ( DiMaggio, and Powell, 1991 ). The quality contrast between countries created an ethical dilemma, and a regulatory nightmare for them. Cultural and Regulatory Challenges For more than twenty years, researchers highlighted Mattel in view of global ethics ( Sethi et al, 2011). The corporation doubled its outputs in China where alarming trends of mistreated workers allegations, contamination of the ground, air, and fresh water supply speculations are frequent (Sethi et al, 2011). Managers for Mattel...