try. It would then seem unfair and exploitative on the part of the corporation trying to reduce production costs.
             There are also human costs to consider when outsourcing. For example, even the notion of job insecurity is enough to discourage a worker. It is likely that the worker will be unable to fully concentrate on performing the required tasks, without worrying if he will be the next one retrenched. Overall productivity will be adversely affected in such a scenario, thus defeating the original intent of outsourcing.
             Even from a purely ethical perspective, a separate analysis of utilitarianism and the Golden Rule would seem to frown upon the idea of outsourcing. Many societies do not agree with or endorse the Machiavellian concept of the ends justifies the means, because such a utilitarianistic emphasis on quantifiable value does not serve the overall welfare of its people. The Golden Rule is a good way to test the purity of the 'outsourcer's" intentions, since its central tenet is "do unto others as you would have other do
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