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The United States located electronic company Electrocorp faced the problem of declining profitability due to rising production costs, specifically high wages, costly worker's safety and environmental standards. In order to solve this problem Electrocorp is deciding whether to relocate some of their plants to South Africa, Mexico, or the Philippines.
The first alternative of keeping the plants in the US would mean that Eletrocorp obeys the strict environmental and safety regulations, pays its workers $15/ hour, but avoids the loss of jobs in the US. The company would incur high production costs. The second alternative of relocating plants to South Africa would create a job loss in the US. The company would save costs by hiring workers for $10/ day and obeying less strict safety and environmental standards. The strong labor union could cause problems in the future. The third alternative of relocating to Mexico would have the same......

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Title: Unemployment
Approximate Word Count: 850
Approximate Pages: 4 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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