prove their performance. Moreover, the quality standards are set by the head quarters in the U.K, then sent to the location in Egypt to be follow.As to prices, in Egypt, they are higher when compared to the prices of Procter and Gamble products in the U.S and Europe. This is because that "85% of the raw materials are imported" as Mr. Abdel Rahman points out (Personal Interview). Therefore, the location of Procter and Gamble in Egypt has to pay tariffs and other custom taxes, which make the costs of production as well as operations higher, as a result the prices have to be, in turn, higher. Concerning the profit made by the location in Egypt, Mr. Abdel Rahman notes that "no percentage of the profit we make goes to the Mother Company, we keep all the profit." (Personal Interview). Procter and Gamble environmental science department plays a unique role in making excessive tests on their products to ensure that they are safe for the consumer and for the environment. Environmental safety is an integrated parts of the quality that P&G builds into each of its products throughout the world. P&G environmental quality policies are considered to be very important as they been using detergents with less amounts of water and energy i.e., the amounts of raw materials used in the manufacturing process and thus saving the environment resources. And according to some statistics made in 1992, it was revealed that the detergents used in Tide, Ariel, Era, Cheer, Gain, Dreft and Ivory shows that water used by less by twenty percent of all pervious years. Also, P&G were keen to save the paper industry. For instance, in 1992 products like Bounty, Folgers, Zest and Hawaiian Punch have reduced their packaging process from ten to twenty percent compared to 1994 (Environmental Initiatives And Program). Procter and Gamble company is committed to producing superior quality of goods and to producing products to refine the world's consumers. Some of the obliga...
