International sales for a rice distributor from Thailand
Your company is dealing with international sales for a rice distributor from Thailand. Your company wants to sell a large shipment of rice to Japan. Your boss has instructed to sell the rice immediately, at a price that is well below its current market value. In the office you overhear the quality assurance manager discussing with another employee the “potentially contaminated shipment headed for Japan.” You are aware that your company has had problems with E. coli contamination in the past.
As the Human Resource Manager, how are you going to advise your boss regarding his instruction?
Do you allow to go ahead with the shipment to Japan, despite the possibility of contamination?
Who should you contact – your boss or someone else inside or outside the company?