Outsourcing America: How to Counteract Economic Damage of Offshore Labor

Outsourcing America: How to Counteract Economic Damage of Offshore Labor

Since the beginning of time, there have always been people working for the advancement of technology and automation.  These advancements have affected each and every one of our lives.  Many of us respect what these scientists achieved and do not these things for granted.  These innovations have normalized people to the idea that fast and efficient is the way to go, regardless of any other side effects.   Many Americans that believe that because of that rationale, outsourcing is a legitimate and just way to continue business.  Many big name companies in industry take the financial benefits without being aware to the number of workers having their jobs replaced by outsourcing. 

            Outsourcing in this sense is the act of United States based companies using countries other than the United States for manufacturing and processing because of the lowered labor laws and wages required for workers in these other countries.  Big name companies such as Ford motor, IBM, and General Electric all utilize outsourcing.  All of these companies are ones that have a large pull on the economy of the United States, as well as a pull on the economy of the world.  These companies should be more aware of the amount of lives they are affecting with their use of outsourcing, and how many American lives they are affecting.  There should be some restriction on how many jobs they can outsource to different countries.  These big name companies should at least try to minimize the amount of outsourcing they are using, or at least create more jobs for United States workers for every job they outsource. 

            Companies that are based in the United States have some moral obligation to this country that keeps them from outsourcing a ridiculous amount of jobs from American workers.   In many cases of outsourcing, the financial benefits become the sole governing thing in a company, which in turns reduces the quality of the product or service (Asselin, 1).  With that side effect, outsourcing poses not only a threat to the American worker, but also to the American consumer.  With that conclusion, there is too much to sacrifice with outsourcing.  When both the jobs of the American worker and the welfare of the American consumer are at risk because of something American companies are doing, there is an obvious fault in the way the companies are running their business.