PIRACY TO REMAIN A THREAT ON GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Piracy to Remain a Threat on Global Supply Chain

The provisional working title for my dissertation is:

Piracy to Remain a Threat on Global Supply Chain

Research Objective(s):

The objective of the study is to analyze the threat that is a major problem of piracy for many countries around the globe affecting global supply chain. Piracy is a practice of looting or organized banditry sea, probably as old as navigation itself. Is that a boat privately or state mutinous attacks another in international waters or in areas not subject to the jurisdiction of any State, in order to steal their cargo, passengers for ransom, turning them into slaves and often seize the ship itself. Its definition under international law can be found in Article 101 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Bloemhof-Ruwaard & Van, 1995).

Along with the activity of the pirates who steal on their own for their profit motive, it is worth mentioning the pirates, including a marine serving in ships hired private letters of marquee to attack ships of an enemy country. However, the availability of a letter of marquee did provide some assurance of being treated like another army soldier rather than a common thief and murderer, at the same time entailed certain obligations.

Research Question(s):

Following are the research questions for the proposed study:

What are the factors that affect the global supply chain?

How the piracy problem affects global supply chains network?

What steps can be taken to reduce piracy?

What role can be played by government to reduce piracy?

Outline Literature Review & Bibliography:

The term piracy generally refers to the unauthorized use of copyrighted and/or patented material without appropriate permission. While this form of theft has threatened the premise of intellectual property in a multitude of industries, particularly with the inception of the Internet, only recently has it become a palpable threat to the business industry. Other industries have had to absorb the impact of this phenomenon, yet the sport industry is unique, considering its perishable nature (Beamon, 1996). Thus, efforts to curtail the rights of copyright owners are often moot. Given the fact that sport is a multibillion-dollar industry, piracy is a tangible threat to a precarious global economy; as the numbers of businessman affected can be vast. Piracy in sport affects media networks, leagues, and consumers alike.

Piracy has evolved throughout the centuries. It began with small contingents of sailors who were looking for an easy path to riches. In turn, they chose to profit from the work of others by simply stealing the treasure on board the vessels that had fallen prey to them. Eventually, entire communities expanded and worked together to establish a pirate domain over various waterways of the world, ranging from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean to the coast of Asia—literally the four corners of the world. Supply chain security involves the protection of the global transport of goods around the world. And 'run by different organizations around the world, including the World Customs Organization, the Customs ...