Outsourcing: Is it good or bad for America and the
World?
Mary Hilker
This was my research paper for Mr. Lake’s English 102 class.
In recent years, a major change has taken place in U.S.
business. American companies that once completed all of their
business on U.S. soil have started sending some of their
business processes to be completed in other countries instead.
The practice of sending these business processes to be
completed in other countries is commonly referred to as
outsourcing.
The term outsourcing refers to the business practice of
sending a business process to be completed by an entity
separate from the given business. The outside party
outsourced to can either be foreign or domestic; however, in
modern days, most outsourcing is to foreign contractors.
Sometimes, the term outsourcing is also used to describe
offshoring, the practice of setting up a portion of the business
itself in a foreign country.
Many reasons exist for United States businesses to
outsource. The most common reason is to reduce costs.
Workers in the countries outsourced to usually are paid a