a) The main facts about the activities of the company.
They are employing people with Autistic symptoms, because they do have a high concentration power, attention to details and other qualities to be a good program tester.
The company tests job applicants with programs developed by Lego to determine their concentration levels and skills they have for different system testing jobs. Employees of the company are trained according to their positions before working on real business projects.
Specialisterne is determined to provide best quality services to its clients and at the same time offers industry-competitive wages to employees. The main reason to pay competitive wages to the employees is not because they feel pity for people with autism and want to help them, but it is because they believe that these people can do an equal or even better job than people without any disability working in the sector. So at the same time the company is improving their service quality and competitiveness, they are also helping the ASD people to reintegrate into the labour market. In this way, they achieved the economic value (competitiveness) and social value (offering ASD people jobs), and this is called the dual value creation.
Some special terms are set for the projects, such as ?reduced working hours (typically 20-25 hours per week)? and ?workplace surroundings? (Specialisterne, 2008) to ensure that employees with special needs or attention can work under suitable circumstances and make the most out of their talents.
b) The ethical challenges this company is addressing.
The ASD people are having a difficulty to work in groups,required special design of working environment and have a difficulty to join the conventional labour market. Therefore, the company has to devote extra resources to meet these requirements and help these people to get used to join the labour market.
c) What makes you believe this company is really ethical and why you trust it.
Because it has received a number of prizes regarding its success in combining social aims with profits and its contributions to the society, and it is highly recognized by the business field.
For example, In April SPECIALISTERNE hit the frontpage on the Harvard Business Schools ?Working Knowledge? portal with the article: The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing?
d) The possible challenges facing the company in the future and how you think this company may improve.
To be honest, the model is close to perfect. The only thing that might worthy to note is that they are only serving a small proportion of ASD people, as they can only employ ASD people with features they need, for example, concentration ability and willingness to work routinely. Improvements may be made if they can expand their target group to more people, for example, allocating other types of jobs to ASD people that have other types of talent.
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