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    The argument for those that support the idea of sweatshops is that they provide some form of standard in living in an otherwise developing/poor company. Because these factories are mostly in poverty rich countries where it is hard to find any form of income‚ these job at least provide some source of income that would otherwise not be available. These arguments could be supported that the jobs help boost the developing countries. Sweatshops do not follow the standards and ethics of the parent company

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    SWEATSHOPS: UNLOCKING THE POWER OF POVERTY Introduction How should Global Corporations behave in a period of Globalisation filled with International competitors and cheap imitators? It has been argued that such competitive pressure is likely to create new lows in global labour standards. In an attempt to remain competitive‚ Corporations cut costs by paying lower wages‚ hiring child labour‚ and imposing unsanitary working conditions on their workers. From this perspective‚ globalization is

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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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    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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    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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    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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    In today’s modern society‚ fashion is as big as ever‚ but what exactly is fashion? And at what price are we willing to pay to get the latest craze on the high-street? Well don’t worry because we’ve sent some of our top journalists around the globe to experience an adventure and report straight back to you. We’ll find out exactly how far big companies are willing to go to get the clothes the customer wants. Here are some questions sent in by you readers at home about the research

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    Ethical issues regarding Sweatshops Michelle Rice Business Ethics Jacqueline Newkirk Remember when you were at the mall the last time and saw a pair of Nike shoes that you just couldn’t live without? You had to buy them‚ for a pricey cost‚ and just loved them‚ right? We all have owned a pair or two of Nike shoes in our life. They were the “cool” shoes to have back when I was in school. The thing that we may not have known is that Nike has been using “children as young as fifteen years old”

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    6/27/10 English 101 cal Dr. O’Connor The effects that sweatshops have on the economy In recent discussions of economics‚ a controversial issue has been whether sweatshops should be shut down in foreign countries. On one hand‚ some argue that sweat shop labor should cease to exist in foreign countries because of the poor conditions in which these employees work

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    Mini research on sweatshop A sweat shop is a work place‚ often a factory in which employees work long hours at low wages under poor conditions. It is defined by the US department of labour that violates two or more labour loss. Sweatshop is a light-hearted game based upon very present realities that many workers around the world contend with each other. In developing countries‚ an estimated 250 million children ages 5-14 are forced to work. Products that commonly come from sweatshops are shoes‚ clothing

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