Part I: Four Universal Intellectual Standard Errors and Corrections In the essay “Sweatshirts from Sweatshops” pertaining Cromwell College sweatshirts‚ the information gathered was from Cromwell Clarion‚ the school paper. An “investigation” report was made by the WorldWeave Foundation (a nonprofit organization funded by American garment workers’ union). The first violation of the Universal Intellectual Standards is the accuracy. The statistics of how many minors and females for the company’s total
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1. In the essay “Sweatshirts to Sweatshops‚” many of the universal intellectual standards are violated. To begin with‚ the speaker talks about the “little girl…working hour after hour…trying not to collapse from the heat…” and that violates the fairness of the argument. He is trying to manipulate the audience by appealing to their emotional side. This argument is not based in factual evidence‚ and therefore‚ could be dismissed by the audience. There may not be a little girl in this exact situation
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this fact have in the ultimate goal of changing the factory? To correct the problem the speaker should have gotten information from an administrator who purchases the merchandise from the textile factory‚ or omitted this entire statement. 2. “There are two things we can do to put an end to this exploitation. We can demand that Cromwell obtain its logo merchandise only from garment companies with socially responsible labor practices‚ and we can refuse to wear or purchase and Cromwell clothing until
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Earl Sweatshirt Earl Sweatshirt also known by his government name‚ Thebe Neruda Kgositsile was born on February 24‚ 1994. Earl Sweatshirt was born to Cheryl Harris‚ who is a law professor at University of California‚ Los Angeles‚ and Keorapetse Kgositsile‚ a South African poet and political activist. When Earl was about 6 years of age‚ his father decided to leave back to South Africa and left his family in Los Angeles. Earl grew up in the area of Los Angeles and graduated high school from New Roads
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Quick facts on sweatshops; > Girls between the ages of 15 and 25 make 85% of the workforce in sweatshops >Up to 75% of a sweatshop worker’s income is spent on necessities such as food‚ clothes‚ etc. >on average workers have a 60-80 hour workweek in a sweatshop > in china‚ 2009‚ about 1‚000‚000 workers were injured on the job and 20‚000 got sick from their work in hazardous conditions >Workers are forced to handle dangerous chemicals and glues in sweatshops with little or no protection > A child working
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Flexible Specialisation and the persistence of the sweatshop Sweatshops are known to be a mass of workers mass-producing goods they may never be able to afford themselves. The sweatshop rose to meaning as work moved off the farm and into the city‚ and employers found a limitless amount of so called labourers to make their products. The low entry costs and high labour intensity linked with the textile industry tended to concentrate sweatshops in clothing production. As industrialization grew‚ labour
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Sweatshops Throughout the years‚ United States businesses have had to face protests from government officials‚ labor leaders‚ and student organizations due to employing sweatshop labor. If you are unaware of what sweatshops are‚ they are generally characterized as a place of employment that have very low pay‚ very long hours of work‚ and terribly poor working conditions. After hearing this‚ most people would assume that is awful and they should be illegal and banned immediately from all countries
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In this day and age‚ multinational corporations control the market‚ the time of the local taylor and mom-and pop stores are over. While these companies sell goods in 1st world countries‚ their produce comes from sweatshops primarily in developing nations. Sweatshops are not legal; they are defined by the US Department of Labor as factories that violates 2 or more labor laws. The government of these third world countries and the corporations are at fault. While they line their pockets‚ their workers
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Introduction The artist I chose is Jacob Sartorius and his song Sweatshirt. Jacob is a 13 year old kid and he got famous off of social media such as Musical.ly a lip syncing app‚and vine a video sharing site. Jacob’s music is amazing‚ absolutely to die for. Just kidding his music is horrible. I hate his music because he can’t sing at all that’s why he uses autotune. Since he uses Musical.ly and lip syncs to singers who can actually sing he thinks he can sing too. His personality is absolute garbage
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Nowadays‚ sweatshops are becoming more and more obvious all around the world‚ especially in the developing countries. In the article “Two cheers for sweatshops”‚ Nicholas D Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn note that sweatshops play an important role not only in people’s daily life but also in the national economy‚ even though there are some shortages of them. However‚ Tom Hayden and Charles Kernaghan give their idea in “Pennies an hour and no way up”‚ that the conditions of workers in sweatshops should be
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