obligated to protect the interest of our health.” – Dr. Adrienne Katner. Following Dr. Scharf’s lecture on ethic essentials and Dr. Katner’s first-hand experience with fighting the good fight‚ I spent the remainder of the day fixated not on the issues discussed in class‚ but those that weren’t. I couldn’t help but think about all of the unaddressed public health concerns that plague our world. Many will go unaddressed simply because of their geographical location while others will suffer at the
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of age were used for their labor. “Although children had been servants and apprentices throughout most of human history‚ child labor reached new extremes during the Industrial Revolution” . This worsened as more groups began to migrate to America. Children faced unfair and unhealthy working conditions‚ often having to neglect their education to make money with their families and being paid less than adults. With the turn of the 20th century‚ educational and child labor activist groups began to form
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Abortion is a Serious Ethical Issue: Usually debates about abortion focus on politics and the law: should abortion be outlawed and treated like the murder of a human person‚ or remain a legal choice available to all women? Behind the debates are more fundamental ethical questions which aren’t always given the specific attention they deserve. Some believe that the law shouldn’t legislate morality‚ but all good law is based upon moral values. A failure to openly discuss those values can obscure important
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“Ethical issues about Business “ Discrimination You’re the boss in a predominantly male environment. The presence of a new female employee stirs up conflict because your company has not had a chance to conduct sensitivity training. Some of your male employees make inappropriate remarks to your new employee. She complains to you; in response‚ you sanction those responsible for the conduct. You also wonder if it would be wise to move your new female employee to another position where she would
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The ‘best’ preventative child labor law in the south is from Alabama and even then‚ it’s still not very preventive. Their law states that “a child under 16 years of age shall not work in a cotton mill at night longer than eight hours.” What about the children who work in different types of factories? Does it not matter the length of time
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Philadelphia on July 22‚ 1905 about children working long hours whether at night or day. She is trying to convince her audience about the negative effects of child labor laws by illustrating the horrible working conditions and by using the structure of the speech to manipulate the emotions of the audience. Florence reveals to her audience that child labor is increasing uncontrollably. She refers to the ‘’deafening noise’’ of the machines the children work on all night to give a sense of the difficult work
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where a child is free from all the tensions‚ fun-loving‚ play and learns new things‚ and is the sweetheart of all the family members. But this is only one side of the story. The other side is full of tensions and burdens. Here‚ the innocent child is not the sweetheart of the family members‚ instead he is an earning machine working the entire day in order to satisfy the needs and wants of his/her family. This is what is called ’CHILD LABOUR’. There are various causes and effects of child labour. Eliminating
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Florence Kelley Florence Kelley was an American social worker and reformer who fought successfully for child labor laws and improved conditions for working women. In 1876‚ she entered Cornell University but her poor health kept her from graduating until 6 years later. She then studied at the University of Zurich where women were permitted to obtain postgraduate degrees and where she applied her developed passions for Socialism. Kelley married a Polish-Russian physician‚ Lazare Wischnewetzky
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Most people think child labor is wrong. Most people think child labor is acceptable. Many companies such as Nike‚ have shoes and sportswear produced in factories. The required age to have a job is 16‚ but in some countries‚ 14 year olds can have jobs. Child labor is becoming more popular as the days go on. People are debating on whether to accept it or deny it. To begin‚ Nike has a minimum age of 18 in order to work in the factories. Having a person who is 16-18‚ they are mature enough
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In the 20th century‚ women and children faced many unjust actions across the United States. Many supporters of the women’s suffrage were also advocates of child labor restrictions. Florence Kelley‚ an ambitious reformer and social worker‚ delivered a speech to the National American Women Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on July 22‚ 1905 to encourage others to advocate the rights of women and children. Kelley appeals to the pathos of her audience with the use of imagery thought structure in order
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