The Battle of the T's

I do not think that Carly LeBlanc should have to quite her internship and drop her class just because she is faced with this tough decision. She is obviously conflicted with the choice of quality over quantity and her want to fulfill her own personal ambitions over making the ethical choice.

If I was in Carly’s shoes, I would go to my boss and present the situation to him. She has over exceeded his challenge and signed on 200 more college students than what was required of her. This is not a bad thing because the purpose of this challenge was to get the company’s name out to the campus community through students at Carly’s university. So, I really do not see her boss getting angry with her if she asked him to extend her timeline. Of course, if they were to continue something like this in the future, they will need to revise how they approach the student body. Like, for the first 100 sorority members to sign up with the company will get the free t-shirts. This way, there is a purpose for these students to want to sign up.

As for the situation at hand, it would all depend on whether she was given time by her boss to investigate where to order her shirts from. If she was given the okay for an extension, then she needs to see what her best options are. If she did not get an extension (which I really do not would happen) she could use what time she has to do research on the two companies. Clearly she is assuming that the Chinese company has a “destitute environment”, which is unfair because she is basing this on one experience and stereotyping this company.

I feel like if I had to choose between the Chinese company and the fair trade company, I would probably choose the fair trade one. For starters, the students would be impressed that their shirts were made from fine quality and be more willing to show it off to other students. They will also have more trust in the company and the products that they offer if their free t-shirt was nice. The company as a whole will get a positive reputation because they bought the shirts from an American owned t-shit company. The only down side is that the cost would be pretty high up, but I believe that the pros of choosing the fair trade company out weights the high costs.