Case on Child Labour Gap Admits Possible Child Labor Problem Journalist Videotapes Conditions at Subcontractor Plant; Gap Official Tells ABC News‚ ’This Is Completely Unacceptable’ By HILARY BROWN‚ LONDON‚ Oct. 28‚ 2007 The multi-billion dollar global fashion company Gap has admitted that it may have unknowingly used child labor in the production of a line of children’s clothing in India. This followed allegations by an investigative reporter based in Delhi‚ whose story was splashed across two
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1.The UNCRC was instituted in 1991 to specifically counter this abuse 2. Are highly detrimental to their welfare 3. in certain particular context‚ work formed a part of the training process of the child and prepared him for adult life and did not involve exploitation. ( Weiner‚ M. 1991) 4. In India there is law that children under the age of 18 should not work but‚ there is no outright ban on child labor‚ and the practice is generally permitted in most industries except those deemed "hazardous"
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QUESTION 4 The Gen Toy Company manufactures a line of dolls and a doll dress sewing kit. Demand for the dolls is increasing‚ and management requests assistance from you in determining an economical sales and production mix for the coming year. The company has provided the following data: Product Demand Next Year (units) Selling Price per Unit Direct Materials Direct Labor Debbie 50‚000 $13.50 $4.30 $3.20 Trish 42‚000 $5.50 $1.10 $2.00 Sarah 35‚000 $21.00 $6.44 $5.60 Mike 40‚000 $10.00
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M.V.GENCO LONDON CADET HANDING OVER GENERAL Was build by “Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding” (SWS) Co Ltd China. The ship was originally ordered by Company called “Geden Lines” who in turn sold the ship to company called “Metro star” and Metro star sold the ship to “Genco” during the building of the vessel. Genco has appointed Anglo Eastern as Managers and the Delivery was taken by the Anglo Crew from Yard on the 28th of September The Sea trials were conducted from 17th to 20th of September
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Tuba This instrument is the largest orchestral brass aerophone‚ is low sounding and has a cup-mouthpiece aerophone with a bore that is conical. This equipment was invented by Wilhelm Wieprecht‚ a bandmaster and trombone player in Berlin‚ Germany who patented the design of the instrument in 1835. The first tuba was actually made in Germany by a composer named Richard Wagner. The Prussian Army helped make the tuba popular. Their marching band directors liked the big‚ bold sound the tuba makes.
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Child Labor Child labor has been an international concern because it damages‚ spoils and destroys the future of children. The law in Indian soil says that any child below age of 14 cannot be employed either in a factory or office or restaurant. In fact India’s international business has been severely affected in many cases because child labors‚ violating human rights‚ have been used in some stage or the other in manufacturing‚ packaging a transport of those items. And in a large number of cases
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Labor Cost Cutting Strategy In a sluggish economy‚ it is more important than ever for businesses to cut costs. Knowing how to reduce the cost of paying employees without reducing product quality‚ dropping employee morale or otherwise sacrificing the way you do business can be the difference between being in the red or the black at the end of the year. Stop the Overtime * Don’t pay overtime unless it is absolutely necessary. Remember that you must pay non-exempt employees 1 1/2 times their
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Discovering Emotional Labour Emotional work is the control of a person’s feeling in order to display the appropriate emotions to others in different situations (Hochschild‚ 1983: Pg.7). In other words‚ a person has to put aside his or her own feelings and shows the right emotions in the right place at the right time. This concept can be applied to many aspects of our daily life and when used in terms of it being sold for a wage‚ Hochschild (1983) define it as emotional labour. By focusing on the
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Human Dignity in A Lesson Before Dying Grant and Jefferson are on a journey. Though they have vastly different educational backgrounds‚ their commonality of being black men who have lost hope brings them together in the search for the meaning of their lives. In the 1940’s small Cajun town of Bayonne‚ Louisiana‚ blacks may have legally been emancipated‚ but they were still enslaved by the antebellum myth of the place of black people in society. Customs established during the years
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The International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom‚ equity‚ security and human dignity. Its main aims are to promote rights at work‚ encourage decent employment opportunities‚ enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue in handling work-related issues. In promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights‚ the organization
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