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Enhancing Business Practices: Oxfam and Unilever's Collaborative Efforts in Indonesia

This overview explores Oxfam's collaboration with Unilever, focusing on perspectives from key stakeholders, including Paul Diegel, Carrie Bancroft, and Rhiannon Johnson. It highlights decision-making processes within a mixed project team, emphasizing mutual understanding and differing viewpoints. The discussion sheds light on creating a competitive business environment through standards for pay, infrastructure building, and ethical practices. Key learnings include the importance of balancing corporate guidelines with local customs, highlighting the intricate relationship between business and cultural influences in fostering development.

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Enhancing Business Practices: Oxfam and Unilever's Collaborative Efforts in Indonesia

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  1. Oxfam’s View Paul Diegel, Carrie Bancroft, Rhiannon Johnson

  2. Overview

  3. Stakeholders • Insert points

  4. Decision Making • Different perspectives • Mixed project team • MOU, TOR, Principles • Data from >400 people • Limited data: supply side • Discussion to agreement • Mutual understanding • Differing viewpoints described

  5. Aspects of Justice • Mostly restorative, i.e., creating a more competitive business environment • Standards for pay scales, indigenous managers, laborer age • Build supplier infrastructure • Philanthropy • Public stand against corruption • Actions that help Unilever + help Indonesian businesses compete globally

  6. Impact of UI in Indonesia • Insert points

  7. Change in Oxfam & UI • Greater understanding between Oxfam & UI • Commitment to poverty reduction & development • Cooperative effort possible • Discussion & dialogue → new insights • Oxfam: recognizes each multinational should be viewed on its own merits

  8. UI Business Relationships • Focused on UI needs • Builds capacity to meet needs • Competitive, power imbalance • Built reliable infrastructure • Local relationships economical • Uninvolved beyond direct links

  9. Cultural Influence on Business Practices • Corporate worldwide guidelines vs. local customs • UI followed some local customs, e.g.: • contract labor and gender roles • Unique local distribution and retail • And broke out of others, e.g.: • Government corruption • Improved wages • Products in smaller packages • How to break cultural barriers? Is that the company’s responsibility?

  10. Impact of UI on Indonesia • Insert points

  11. Implications & Learnings • Private Sector: “Important engine of development” • Business benefit integrated • Fine line to balance • Check with outside perspective • Interpretation of standards • Ensure diverse economy • More research needed

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