Child Labor
HTAP 201-002
PRINCIPLES/HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
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Introduction
According to United Nations statistics, there is a child labor in every seven children in the world. The International Labor organization estimates that there are 250 million children worldwide, between the ages of 5 and 14, who are now working. 95% of the child labor employed in developing countries. In recent years, the number of Canadian and U.S. companies that buy their inputs from low-cost foreign countries has been growing, and concern about the ethics associated with employing young children in factories has been increasing. Therefore, our government should develop regulations governing the use of child labor in foreign countries. In this essay, the child labor problem will be defined in four parts: causes of child labor, child labor use in reality, the consequences of using child labor worldwide, and the possible strategies which may solve the related problems.
Causes of Child Labor
Child labor is work that harms children or keeps them from attending school. Around the world, Growing gaps between rich and poor in recent decades have forced millions of young children out of school and into work. Underage children work at all sorts of jobs around the world, usually because they and their families are extremely poor. Large numbers of children work in commercial agriculture, fishing, manufacturing, mining, and domestic service. Some children work in illicit activities like the drug trade and prostitution or other traumatic activities such as serving as soldiers.
What are the causes of child labor? First, Poverty and unemployment levels are high. Poor children and their families may rely upon child labor in order to improve their chances of attaining basic necessities. More than one-fourth of the world 's people live in extreme poverty, according to 2005 U.N. statistics. The intensified poverty in parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin
PRINCIPLES/HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
INSTRUCTOR:
STUDENT NAME:
STUDENT ID:
DUE DAY: APRIL 2
Introduction
According to United Nations statistics, there is a child labor in every seven children in the world. The International Labor organization estimates that there are 250 million children worldwide, between the ages of 5 and 14, who are now working. 95% of the child labor employed in developing countries. In recent years, the number of Canadian and U.S. companies that buy their inputs from low-cost foreign countries has been growing, and concern about the ethics associated with employing young children in factories has been increasing. Therefore, our government should develop regulations governing the use of child labor in foreign countries. In this essay, the child labor problem will be defined in four parts: causes of child labor, child labor use in reality, the consequences of using child labor worldwide, and the possible strategies which may solve the related problems.
Causes of Child Labor
Child labor is work that harms children or keeps them from attending school. Around the world, Growing gaps between rich and poor in recent decades have forced millions of young children out of school and into work. Underage children work at all sorts of jobs around the world, usually because they and their families are extremely poor. Large numbers of children work in commercial agriculture, fishing, manufacturing, mining, and domestic service. Some children work in illicit activities like the drug trade and prostitution or other traumatic activities such as serving as soldiers.
What are the causes of child labor? First, Poverty and unemployment levels are high. Poor children and their families may rely upon child labor in order to improve their chances of attaining basic necessities. More than one-fourth of the world 's people live in extreme poverty, according to 2005 U.N. statistics. The intensified poverty in parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin
References: Child Labor in Pakistan, Jonathan Silvers, the Atlantic Monthly, February 1996. Child Labor: The Situation, http://freethechildren.org/campaigns Child Labor: Issues, Causes and Interventions, Faraaz Siddiqi, http://www.worldbank.org/html http://www.knowchildlabor.org/