Hershey Sued Over African Cocoa Farm Child Labor Accusations An investor group is suing the United States largest chocolate manufacturing company Hershey Co.‚ for allegedly using cocoa that is the product of child labor. The Louisiana Municipal Police Employee’s Retirement System filed a lawsuit in October of 2012‚ which seeks to force Hershey to open its corporate records for investors. This public pension fund‚ made up of Hershey shareholders believes that records could reveal the leading U
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bullying. Aim My aim with this essay is to increase awareness of bullying. I want others to understand more about what bullying really is and what it can do to people. I also want to make me myself understand more about bullying‚ to understand its consequences‚ what it can do to people and how to prevent it from starting in the beginning. In the later years I will hopefully get children myself‚ and as a parent you want your child to grow up in a safe society‚ where you don’t have to worry about how
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With nearly 10 percent of the American labor force unemployed and another 7 percent so discouraged by their job prospects that they have either dropped out of the labor force altogether or are working at parttime jobs when they would prefer full-time employment‚ it may come as something of a surprise that within less than a decade‚ the United States may face exactly the opposite problem – not enough workers to fill expected job openings. This remarkable turn of events is likely to occur as
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child labor in the Philippines increased by almost 30 percent from 4.2 million in 2001 to 5.5 million last year‚ the 2011 Survey on Children of the National Statistics Office (NSO) indicate‚ alarming both the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). The NSO‚ which ran a survey on working children last year‚ also said the number of children engaged in hazardous work increased by 25 percent from 2.4 million in 2001 to 3 million 2011. Hazardous child labor was
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Matt Unick Prof. Rhone 11/15/12 ENG 101 Consequences of technology The most significant event in history has been argued by many scholars through the years. The industrial revolution‚ the renaissance‚ or even the Neolithic revolution all have been the top choices. One event that doesn’t get as much attention is the event that is happening in the world today. The world is going through a technology surge unlike ever before. It is an increasing advancement in technology with every passing
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The Labor Union Movement in America The roots of our country’s trade unions extend deep into the early history of America. Several of the Pilgrims arriving at Plymouth Rock in 1620 were working craftsmen. Captain John Smith‚ who led the ill-fated settlement in 1607 on Virginia’s James River‚ pleaded with his sponsors in London to send him more craftsmen and working people. Primitive unions‚ or guilds‚ of carpenters and cordwainers‚ cabinet makers and cobblers made their appearance‚ often temporary
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Consumer Ethics “If you can’t make it‚ just fake it‚” states Gernhauser (2007‚ p 318). Because of the constant change of styles and trends‚ our society is often affected by who buys what. Instead of buying fake goods to fit into today’s society‚ the focus of the consumer should be buying what looks good rather than focusing on where it came from. Consuming counterfeits does not only affect the US society‚ but other countries as well. Behind consuming counterfeits‚ there is a farther depth most
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Division of Labor in Society‚ Émile Durkheim[14] observes that the division of labor appears in all societies and positively correlates with societal advancement because it increases as a society progresses. Durkheim arrived at the same conclusion regarding the positive effects of the division of labor as his theoretical predecessor‚ Adam Smith. In The Wealth of the Nations‚ Smith observes the division of labor results in "a proportionable [sic] increase of the productive powers of labor." [15] While
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Employees. Section 8(b) (1) (A) forbids a labor organization or its agents “to restrain or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 7”. The section also provides that it is not intended to “impair the rights of a labor organization to prescribe its own rules” concerning membership in the labor organization. Section 8(b) (2)—Causing or Attempting to Cause Discrimination. Section 8(b) (2) makes it an unfair labor practice for a labor organization to cause an employer to discriminate
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CONSUMER SOCIETY The term consumer society is commonly used to distinguish contemporary affluent societies from traditional agricultural or modern industrial societies‚ to emphasize the role of consumption as a factor in social structure and as an element of lifestyle. History and Meaning of the Term The concept of the consumer society has been commonly used since the early decades of the twentieth century‚ originally in the United States‚ where the wealth of mass-produced consumer
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