Sherpas Ethical Issues

To begin with, climbers on Mount Everest pay 10,000 dollars each without the guarantee of summiting . These climbers are all following a sherpa who is their leader. Sherpas undergo a large amount of pressure, because without the sherpas the people who paid to climb the mountain will not be able to climb the mountain safely . For example, in the article,”Everest’s Sherpas Issue List Of Demands” Mark Jenkins states,” Sherpas today make the majority of the decisions on the mountain”(Jenkins). As a result, the sherpas have became the leader in the group, and have to lead the way for climbers. Before the Sherpas begin leading the group the Sherpas are responsible for,”deciding the route they will go” and “They decide where the ropes will go”(Jenkins).
The dignity of the sherpas are being stripped from them with the way the government is responding to them. Additionally, the sherpas are not the only people struggling with human rights . People all over the world struggle with human right in their everyday lives. Human rights have been an issue for decades now and still have not been fully resolved. As an illustration, in the article,”The Struggle For Human Rights” Eleanor Roosevelt states,” The United Nation has made it clear that it intends to uphold human rights and to protect the dignity of the human personality “(Roosevelt, Pg 1). Clearly, the struggle for human rights have been perceived by the government decades ago. Roosevelt was one of the main people known for standing up for human rights. Although Roosevelt was speaking for human rights in 1948 under different circumstances in France, it is just as important as the issue occurring on mount everest for the sherpas. The sherpas are being treated unfairly by the government, and the money the sherpas put into leading the people throughout mount everest isn't even being repaid for the families once they are