and the wage that is as low as 15 cents. People address such workplaces as sweatshops. More precisely‚ sweatshops are the workplaces where workers’ fundamental rights are not respected. We often show sympathy to the workers who work in the sweatshops. Sometimes people in the developed countries intend to ban consuming the sweatshop products. So‚ corporate giants who use sweatshops would raise the conditions for the sweatshop workers. However‚ sometimes well intended action has undesired consequences
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September 18‚ 2013 Big Bucks in the Sweatshop Department Often when people‚ Americans in particular‚ think of sweatshops with the vision of ten year old workers exhausted from working long hours‚ children struggling to keep up the pace needed to satisfy the manufacturer’s quota for the day‚ and then after a hard day of work only ending up $3.00 for their time and effort. But do people consider how vastly the economical differences vary from country to country. Sweatshops are absolutely beneficial to
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make a profit. Sweatshops are factories where people who live in developing countries work. Sweatshops are famous for overworking and abusing their employees‚ having small‚ cramped work spaces where there is little to no ventilation. American companies use sweatshops to get their products quickly manufactured and selling for the cheapest price possible. American Companies should not be allowed to use sweatshops and American consumers should stop buying products made by sweatshops in order to keep
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Economic aspect of Sweatshops Often times‚ economists are asked about sweatshops. Economists across the political spectrum have pointed out that for many sweatshop workers the alternatives are much‚ much worse. Working in the apparel industry in any of the sweatshop operating countries results in earning more than the average income in that country. In half of the countries it results in earning more than three times the national average. Individuals often assume that sweatshops are morally wrong
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Pertaining to the issue on Sweatshops overall‚ it always existed in the past and many employees‚ including women were taken advantage by employers under this concept. Throughout the course of time‚ many companies began to take their businesses to places other than the United States for that the price they will pay for production of goods would be a fraction of what they would pay if their business was in this country. In regards to the concept on Sweatshops overseas‚ it is certain that businesses
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WHAT IS FALLACY: A "fallacy" is a mistake‚ and a "logical" fallacy is a mistake in reasoning. There are‚ of course‚ other types of mistake than mistakes in reasoning. For instance‚ factual mistakes are sometimes referred to as "fallacies". However‚ the Fallacy Files is specifically concerned‚ not with factual errors‚ but with logical ones. In logic‚ the term "fallacy" is used in two related‚ but distinct ways. For example: 1. "Argumentum ad Hominem is a fallacy." 2. "Your argument is a
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Sweatshops In shopping malls and clothing stores all around the world‚ there is an underlying truth about how the clothing that consumers are buying is made. The thing most people do not realize is that a large percent of the clothing in their closets were made by workers who will never get the correct treatment they‚ by law‚ are supposed to. Companies have been using sweatshops with unfit labor standards ever since the 19th century. The definition of a sweatshop is a factory where workers create
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Sweatshops and Child Labor In this book‚ Where Am I Wearing‚ Kelsey Timmerman travels around the world in search of the factories and people making his clothes. Through this book Timmerman sheds light on the realities of sweatshops and child labor in developing countries. What Timmerman is trying to say and trying to get us to feel is that sweatshops aren’t necessarily a bad thing in some instances they’re the best means of survival for some families. Families in these countries would be out
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Nike shoes are endorsed by numerous professional athletes and are quite famous for their aerodynamic designs and the great comfort they provide. From famous tennis players like Serena Williams to NBA all-stars like Michael Jordan‚ many professional athletes‚ who have quite a significant influence on the public‚ can be seen on television advertisements endorsing Nike. Persuaded through these advertisements on television and social media‚ consumers line up daily in front of Nike stores worldwide‚ but
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#1 The Birthday Fallacy can be described as the mistaken idea that the second proposition of the [What argument? Any argument? Hardly. You need to be more specific and detailed.] argument follows from the first proposition. It [what means this?] means that the way the argument is composed is not logically correct [How? What is the fallacy/}. The reason why the Birthday Fallacy is actually a fallacy is because it’s a mistaken belief based on the unsound argument. [NO! A fallacy is not a mistaken
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