M. Wasay Khan M. Umar Hassan Ozair Ijaz Kiani SafiUllah Khan M.
Suleman Tariq
M. Wasay KhanM. Umar HassanOzair Ijaz KianiSafiUllah KhanM.
Suleman Tariq
Problem StatementSweatshopsSweatshops are work environments that
have:-Long working hours.Unfair wages, delay in payment of
wages.Unsafe/Unhealthy working conditions.Child labour.
Organization
Introduction.Vision: To produce high quality cement at the
lowest cost.Why Bestway?
MethodologyQuantitative:Questionnaire having 15 open-ended
questions.
Qualitative:Face-to-face Interviews.
Challenges & Ethical IssuesSafety Measures: Toxic air
Working equipment
Profit Maximization: Cost-cutting Process Low Wages Low
over-time wage
CSR: Air Pollution
Answers to the QuestionnaireQ 1:Sir, what is your jour
designation here in this organization and what is your proper job
here?Ans: Head of HR Department as HR Manager Q 2: What kind of man
power do you have? Ans: Diversified kind of manpower. Top
Management works in Islamabad while low-level employees work in
Chakwal and Hattar PlantsQ 3 : Do you have to face any kind of
unethical issues related to your managers or supervisors? Ans:
Issue of fumes evolving from plants during cement productionQ 4 :
What polices of your organization defines the ethical laws?Ans:
Policies made are internal matter of organization, cant be revealed
to public. But they are made defining all ethical laws.
Q 5 :How are you dealing with your lower level staff?Ans :
Effective dealing of low-level staff by the companyQ 6: How are
these lower level employees are employed here? Ans : Lower level
employees employed on contractual basis, based on their physical
abilities.Q 7 : In your manufacturing steps, how do you deploy your
man force? How much contribution is there by machines?Ans :
Deployment of man force on contract basis. 80-90% work done on
machinery.
Q 8: As the product of yours contain highly toxic raw material
like limestone and gypsum, etc., which if inhaled cause serious
health issues and cause death if inhaled in excessive amount. The
process which involve the putting and mixing of these material,
what is the role of man in these steps? What kind of equipment are
they provided with?Ans: Provision of safe working conditions and
equipment to employeesQ 9 : You have heighted plants and your
workers might often have to get on the heighted places, what safety
measures are taken for them?Ans: In heighted plants, work done
mostly through machinery, no need of manual labor Q 10: What kind
of health safety measures you take for the whole working
environment?Ans: Adequate health safety measures taken for the
workers.
Question 11: How do you pay salary to your lower level
employees? (Daily, Weekly, Monthly)Answer: Reasonable amount of
salary is paid to all employees on monthly basis and up to 10th of
each month.Question 12: What kind of benefits are there for these
workers and for their families?Answer: Workers are given bonuses,
health care benefits for their families and other incentives on the
basis of on which level they are and their designation. Good
performing employees who perform well and are on contractual basis
are given permanent jobs.
Question 13: How many working hours are there for these
labors?Answer: Laborers work for 8 to 10 hours on regular shifts.
Question 14: What are policies for overtime hours and wages?Answer:
Workers who are willing to work overtime are given extra wages. And
employees and managerial staff are given wages according to their
designation and levels.Question 15: Can you allow us to have visit
of your manufacturing plants as we find this cement making process
interesting? Answer: The manager replied to us that he cannot let
us visit the manufacturing plants of Best way cements because of
the privacy policy of the company.
Normative StudyBestway is working as an efficiency
machine.Employee Satisfaction is not taken care of.Hazardous
Working environment.Inadequate CSR
ApproachesStakeholders approachConsequentialist
approachUtilitarian approachRule Based ApproachCaveat Emptier
Approach
Conclusion
