Why China's milk industry went sour

Submitted by Urvashi Sharma

The Chinese milk scandal has thrown up issues of Quality Control in China which in turn is having a spill over impact on all exports out of China.


Issues that arise from this article include:

• Quality control and quality assurance
• Stakeholders
• Benchmarking
• CSR
• Balance of Payments (PEST analysis)

Questions to think about

1. What are the current Quality Control measures in use in Chinese industry?
2. What damage could the milk scandal do to exports of Chinese goods?
3. What can China do to try and limit the damage to ‘Made in China’ label in overseas markets?

Milk scandal in China

Submitted by Ian Goff

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Syllabus
1. Examine the reasons why organizations consider setting ethical objectives.
2. Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of ethical objectives.
3. Discuss the impact of implementing ethical objectives.

Wen Jiabao has promised that business leaders who do not act in an ethical way will be severely dealt with! Send me your ideas based on the article attached using the syllabus points above and lets see if we can get a discussion going based on the advantages and disadvantages of being a business that operates in an ethical way!