“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of every man are threatened” (Kennedy, 1963). Continuous improvements in technological capabilities have provided companies with tools to more easily conduct business on a global scale. However, when conducting business with different cultures, you risk different ethical standards. Companies should be responsible for ensuring that their products or services can be received by the consumer in good conscience, without violations of human ethics, regardless of where the product or service originates; and consumers should not patronize companies that cannot guarantee this trust. This article provides rhetorical analyzes of two presentations related to outsourcing. Neither is particularly opposed to outsourcing, yet each provides information that addresses two different outsourcing issues. Kibbe's 2004 article “Outsourcing: The Good, the Bad and the Inevitable” focuses on the employment impact in the United States. Van Heerden's 2010 "Making Global Labor Fair" speech focuses on the impact of human rights. Rhetorical Analysis: Kibbe (2004) “Outsourcing: The Good, the Bad, and the Inevitable” Kibbe (2004) uses rhetorical language combined with either-or -Error and rhetoric devise comparisons, definitions, and explanations combined with a downplayer approach to influence readers to accept outsourcing as an acceptable way of doing business in today's multinational world. The article focuses on the impact of offshore outsourcing on the US labor market. Kibbe's use of heavy language in the article's introduction sets the stage for gaining reader support for outsourcing. Kibbe (2004) begins the article with two definitions of outsourcing: “Outsourcing is the smartest business practice. . . or the most repugnant thing... middle of paper... is a law of human psychology, or of human nature. And it will not be abrogated by our desires, nor will it be merciful to our blindness” (Pickens, n.d.). Works Cited Colorado State University-Global Campus. (2010). Module 3 – What words mean [Blackboard ecourse]. In HUM101 – Critical Reasoning. Greenwood Village, CO: author.Kennedy, J.F. (1963). Civil rights announcement. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/jfk-civilrights/Kibbe, C. (2004). Outsourcing: the good, the bad and the inevitable. New Hampshire Business Analysis, 26(14), 1A.Pickens, W. (n.d.). Quote by William Pickens. Retrieved from http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/human-rightsVan Heerden, A. (2010, July). Auret van Heerden: Making a global job fair [video file]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/auret_van_heerden_making_global_labor_fair.html