Walmart: The Benefits of Outsourcing

Abstract

This study is based on the controversial topic of multinational corporations outsourcing their production lines to nations with lower standards for work safety. I believe that outsourcing not only affects the corporation in a positive way, but it also economically helps individuals in those countries. Through my analysis that included topics such as the bottom line of Walmart’s financial statements, real-life events that included an increase in jobs in those countries, negative events that occurred in these countries such as factories collapsing, and events in the past that affected the safety standards in the United States, I conclude that my belief favours outsourcing. This project identifies both the positives and negatives to outsourcing and critically analyzes them.