College students‚ activists‚ and certain scholars were quick to condemn “Sweatshops” and the multinational companies (MNC’s) that used them. However‚ this initial moral condemnation was based more on a natural sense of horror than moral reasoning‚ and critics often demonstrated a lack of sensitivity to both the underlying economic conditions that gave rise to the sweatshop phenomenon and to the beneficial consequences of sweatshops for both their employees and the broader economies in which they functioned
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27th 2013 ------------------------------------------------- Essay title: “Activists over the world protest against sweatshops. What‚ if anything‚ should be done about sweatshop labour and by whom?” Sweatshop labour is an angle of globalization that has landed into a controversial debate amongst international actors. Stained with negative connotation‚ sweatshops involve unenviable conditions‚ exhausting hours of work and hazardous practices‚ all for extremely low wages. Thus‚ this
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PHL/320 Douglas Reed Sweatshop labor is something we hear all too often but do you know what a sweatshop really is? A sweatshop is defined by the United States Department of Labor as company that breaks 2 or more federal laws. Sweatshops are inhumane‚ companies force people to work in unsafe‚ unsanitary‚ for low wages‚ and use children as well. Companies make millions each year off of sweatshop labor. Are the items you purchase made in a sweatshop? If you shop at places like Walmart
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A sweatshop is a factory or workshop where the workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions. According to the article “Where Sweatshops are a dream‚” written by Nicholas D Kristof argues that the factories could help people get out of poverty. Kristof presents the facts that support sweatshops is underprivileged countries in order to persuade countries to discontinue their negative campaigns against the industries which offer the safest available work. Kristof’s
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There is no denying that sweatshops are disgusting‚ unsafe places to work‚ complete with even more unfair pay and essentially zero labor laws. However‚ sweatshops provide a much better working environment than most other jobs available in these poor countries. Working long hours‚ sewing and making other consumer goods‚ is much more safe and sanitary than working the corner as a prostitute. Those against sweatshops are very concerned with the safety and health of these workers. I highly doubt that
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Sweatshop Labor Paper PHL/320 02/16/2015 Labor Practices Paper Throughout the past decades the United States has allowed and been faced with sweatshop pro’s and con’s. There have been active sweatshop being utilized and there have also been many protests taking place by concerned government entities‚ labor boards and student organizations regarding the unethical operations of sweatshops. It is more common for sweatshop to be in operation in Third World countries because sweatshops are considered
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Labor Practices PHL/320 April 13‚ 2015 Aileen Smith Labor Practices The label or term sweatshop is commonly used when referring to a workshop or factory where the employees work for low wages‚ long hours‚ and usually under poor and dangerous conditions (Sweatshop‚ 2015). When researching the term “Sweatshop” I found that The United States Department of Labor classifies sweatshops as any organization that is in clear violation of two or more labor laws (2015). These laws consist of; working hours
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second e-Activity‚ determine at least three ways in which United States’ businesses can address the adverse effects of sweatshop labor practices. Provide one specific example of each way that you have just determined to support your response. One way that U.S. businesses can address the adverse effects of sweatshop labor is that they should decline the products that come from sweatshop. Secondly‚ American businesses have a responsibility to make sure that their suppliers working conditions are humane
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global context in which we live today‚ public thinkers have felt compelled to question our new ethical responsibilities as global citizens. In Globalization and its Discontents by Richard Locke‚ Compassion and Terror by Martha C. Nussbaum and The Sweatshop Sublime by Bruce Robbins the authors challenge us to rethink what it means to be ethical in a global order. I agree with these readings that make the claim
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Ethics Issue: Is it ethical for an American company to operate a sweatshop in a foreign country? Facts: According to the US Department of Labor‚ a sweatshop is an employer that violates more than one federal or state labor law governing minimum wage and overtime‚ child labor‚ industrial homework‚ occupational safety and health‚ workers compensation or industry [1]. As we examine the effects that sweatshops have on the employees in the foreign country‚ most American’s would agree that forcing
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