Abstract
This report was commissioned to examine the home building company, Fischer Homes, and their current hiring of subcontractors who hire undocumented workers. The intent of this report is to provide an analysis and evaluation of the current actions taking place inside of Fischer Homes. Methods of analysis will include an ethical analysis that will apply the current situation to multiple theories; this will help Fischer Homes to solve the problem at hand. After much research, this report concludes that it is imperative that Fischer Homes finds an alternative way to conduct business, seeing as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Image) is cracking down on companies that are doing things very similar to what Fischer Homes does. Throughout …show more content…
This problem can be blamed to a number of things, the main problem being the lack of skilled labor in the American workforce today. Every construction company is facing the same problem that Fischer Homes is, and that is not being able to find legal skilled workers for a reasonable wage. Because of this our competitors have been able to cut their prices on home building because they hire these undocumented workers that will work harder and longer for less than documented workers. In order to stay competitive, Fischer Homes’ saw it just to not require I-9 forms from everyone on the subcontractor’s payroll. It is safe to assume that everyone from the job foreman, to top executives at Fischer Homes is aware of this problem, but seem to turn their heads the other way, in order to remain competitive in this …show more content…
In the article, “Penalties for Hiring Illegal Workers”, companies can face a fine of $10,000 per undocumented employee (Meyers). Even as a leading company in residential construction, Fischer Homes could not afford to take a fine this large, considering the amount of workers hired. Later on the article explains that, “If your company works with contractors, you could also face penalties for any undocumented workers the contractor hires” (Meyers). This makes Fischer Homes just as guilty as the subcontractors that hire the undocumented
This report was commissioned to examine the home building company, Fischer Homes, and their current hiring of subcontractors who hire undocumented workers. The intent of this report is to provide an analysis and evaluation of the current actions taking place inside of Fischer Homes. Methods of analysis will include an ethical analysis that will apply the current situation to multiple theories; this will help Fischer Homes to solve the problem at hand. After much research, this report concludes that it is imperative that Fischer Homes finds an alternative way to conduct business, seeing as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Image) is cracking down on companies that are doing things very similar to what Fischer Homes does. Throughout …show more content…
This problem can be blamed to a number of things, the main problem being the lack of skilled labor in the American workforce today. Every construction company is facing the same problem that Fischer Homes is, and that is not being able to find legal skilled workers for a reasonable wage. Because of this our competitors have been able to cut their prices on home building because they hire these undocumented workers that will work harder and longer for less than documented workers. In order to stay competitive, Fischer Homes’ saw it just to not require I-9 forms from everyone on the subcontractor’s payroll. It is safe to assume that everyone from the job foreman, to top executives at Fischer Homes is aware of this problem, but seem to turn their heads the other way, in order to remain competitive in this …show more content…
In the article, “Penalties for Hiring Illegal Workers”, companies can face a fine of $10,000 per undocumented employee (Meyers). Even as a leading company in residential construction, Fischer Homes could not afford to take a fine this large, considering the amount of workers hired. Later on the article explains that, “If your company works with contractors, you could also face penalties for any undocumented workers the contractor hires” (Meyers). This makes Fischer Homes just as guilty as the subcontractors that hire the undocumented