This 9-page paper is an argumentative essay that supports the idea that Nestles should remove its infant formula from Third World nations. The paper outlines pros and cons in this regard.
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from Third World nations. While Nestles may be best known for manufacturing and distributing candy (particularly chocolate), the company has also gained
notoriety (and not very good notoriety for that matter) in manufacturing and distributing infant formula around the world. While mothers in
Western nations basically understand the purpose of infant formula, and understand how to use it; Nestles Achilles heel has been in Third World countries, where understanding of formula use has
not been as strong as it has been in Western cultures. Because of this, mothers in Third World countries have incorrectly used the formula, with not so good results --
and when those results are observed by citizen advocate groups around the world, Nestles has suffered from poor publicity. Poor publicity tends to impact sales, not only in Third World
nations, but also in Western nations as well, as Nestles takes on the image of being out for its bottom line rather than being out for health of an infant.
The question we must answer here is do we then withdraw the marketing and distribution of our infant formula in Third World
nations? Or do we continue to have a presence in these nations, despite poor publicity and the risk that mothers may not use the formula correction? In this paper, well
try to outline that definite withdraw of the product is necessary, but not total withdrawal. Well seek to prove that certain mothers in certain Third World countries can continue to
benefit from the use of Nestles infant formula, so total removal is not necessarily in our best interests. One thing we must