Sweatshop is the World’s Future Why do we need sweatshops in our lives? Can sweetshops help under development countries people to live better life? Sweatshop is workshop for devices‚ clothes‚ or other works‚ and sweatshop is using poor country or developing countries for less prices. Sweatshops started in middle of 1800’s‚ and big factories still using it. There are some rich countries that have used sweatshop when they were under developing countries. The histories of sweatshop is likely bad‚ but
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In the article Two Cheers for Sweatshops‚ there are arguments on the positive outcome of sweatshops in impoverished areas and LDCs. Sweatshops provide these poverty ridden countries with a chance to earn money and help families live better lives. People are proud to work in sweatshops and need to work in them‚ especially since there is not much else that people can do in their area without paying for education‚ travel‚ and additional costs. Working in sweatshops is best for the entire family‚ especially
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Answers for the case study Student advocacy and “sweatshop labor”; the case of Russell Athletic Q1 * Culture of the particular country It is very important to study the different elements of culture of the country. When consider China and India‚ being large countries‚ the cultural diversity is higher and varies with the geographical areas. In some cultures‚ the value systems and ethics will be critically affected on the business. Some businesses are almost impossible to start in some regions
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Labor Practices Brenna Heyne PHL/320 02/16/2015 Todd Goodling Sweatshop Labor Sweatshop labor can be described as work that is performed under conditions that violate normal standards of minimum wage‚ employment‚ worker treatment‚ and workplace health or safety (Govekar‚ 2006). Sweatshops can exist anywhere and some may argue they can be beneficial and driven by market demands. In my opinion sweatshop labor is unethical and should not be allowed to be used to produce products for
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Naomi Klein addresses the issue women workers face while working in sweatshops. When women hit around their twenties they are laid off‚ because they no longer have the proper fingers for the job. Naomi Klein says that 90% of sweatshops workers are women it made me think why do women face such hard conditions. In the video‚ we watched in class los angeles one of the women asked about her rights she was laid off. This made me think how little workers have a choice in the amount of hours they work.
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Kenneth Ferguson Sweatshop labor is something that has been going on longer than I have been alive‚ but has gotten a lot more attention lately. Since many American companies have been moving to some underdeveloped countries where they can get the same work done‚ for pennies on a dollar. This amounts to million dollar savings and benefits for the company‚ but at what expense? This is a question that is being debated all over the country. Sweatshop; a shop or factory in which employees
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Under Umbrella of Sweatshops in China Have you ever wondered where your clothes are coming from? In what conditions are they made? When you are buying an expensive Nike shirt‚ do you know that your t- shirt was made in a sweatshop In China‚ where the minimal wage is 55 cent per hour.1 Some Chinese companies routinely shortchange their employees on wages‚ withhold health benefits and expose their workers to dangerous conditions. For example‚ the PBS documentary “China Blue” shows what life is
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needs and demands from the TNCs and can’t gain rights or set up trade unions. What is a TNC? TransNational Corporations (TNCs) are enterprises that control economic assets(assets are any item of financial value own by a individual‚ or in this case a corporation.) in other countries. Examples of TNC in the fashion industry are Living Dead Souls‚ Flipflops and Fangs‚ What is globalisation? Globalisation is a process
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Sweatshops Sweatshops play a major role in third world countries. More than 150 million people work in these sweatshops in developing countries. Most of these sweatshop workers are children between the ages of 5 and 14. Many sweatshops are focused on the manufacturing of clothing. Several of these clothing facilities are located most commonly in Central America‚ South America‚ Asia‚ and parts of Europe. Large companies such as Nike and GAP have been discovered to use sweatshops. Although sweatshop
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Sweatshops are factories in which workers have to work for long hours‚they don’t get paid a lot of money‚ and unsafe working conditions. They are usually located in Central America‚ South America‚ Asia‚ China‚ India and some parts of Europe. Sweatshops are created because it is an easy way for companies to get profit by downsizing how much the cost of production was. In order for companies to lower costs‚ they look for places with low wages. People should boycott sweatshops. They get paid horribly
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