Is Child Labor Ethical?
Child Labor Child labor is a significant global issue and an increasing epidemic in many developing and poor countries. It is a very controversial issue because some people believe that it is just pure unethical, while others believe that their children need to work in order to provide for their family. Often times Americans criticize a third world country’s way of life. Just because their culture is very different from ours we automatically assume that it is wrong. In my opinion child labor is not entirely wrong, but it can be unethical. I believe is unethical for children to be working under deplorable and unsafe working conditions. If a child is going to work, they should be treated with basic human rights and equal pay.
Poverty leads many children to work and in some countries it is the only way for some families to survive. These countries often times do not have the necessary education for children and so it is not depriving them from having a good education. By having children work in these undeveloped countries it is raising per capita income and also the GDP, so one-day children will no longer have to work. Child labor has been apart of almost every society recorded in history. The United States was once a developing country and employed many children, but once the economy became stable enough we passed a Child Labor Law. Therefore, I don’t think that child labor should be outlawed worldwide, but I do think there should be laws against having children work under hazardous, unsafe, and life threatening conditions.
When people find out that multinational companies in American are employing many under aged children in Asia to create a cheep product many think of the sweatshop environments and horrible conditions these children are working in; not so much about the young ages. I believe it is unethical for any human being to work in such conditions. I think there should be global laws to protect children from poor or unsafe working conditions. I also
Poverty leads many children to work and in some countries it is the only way for some families to survive. These countries often times do not have the necessary education for children and so it is not depriving them from having a good education. By having children work in these undeveloped countries it is raising per capita income and also the GDP, so one-day children will no longer have to work. Child labor has been apart of almost every society recorded in history. The United States was once a developing country and employed many children, but once the economy became stable enough we passed a Child Labor Law. Therefore, I don’t think that child labor should be outlawed worldwide, but I do think there should be laws against having children work under hazardous, unsafe, and life threatening conditions.
When people find out that multinational companies in American are employing many under aged children in Asia to create a cheep product many think of the sweatshop environments and horrible conditions these children are working in; not so much about the young ages. I believe it is unethical for any human being to work in such conditions. I think there should be global laws to protect children from poor or unsafe working conditions. I also