A Firm Is Seeking a New Factory Location, and Is

Multiple Choice

A firm is seeking a new factory location, and is considering several countries worldwide. In some of these countries, child labour is prevalent; in others, working conditions and worker safety are inferior to conditions in the U.S. An operations manager paying attention to ________ will factor these issues into the location decision.

A) ethical and social responsibility issues
B) key success factors
C) factor-rating systems
D) geographic information systems
E) regression models