Sweat out the Sweatshops In the early 1800’s‚ the seamstress‚ was common figure in American cities. The seamstress was a skilled mender of clothing‚ a much needed but under valued member of American society. There was the seamstress and there was the dressmaker. Although the seamstress and the dressmaker had comparable skill in those days‚ they did not have comparable in incomes (Leibhold‚ 1998). Dressmakers were often hired to make entire outfits and wardrobes for the wealthy‚ and thus
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THESIS ESSAY ASSIGNMENT What is a sweatshop really? Well the American Heritage Dictionary defines a sweatshop as a shop or factory in which employees work long hours at low wages under poor conditions. If someone had heard this definition of sweatshops they would go straight to the assumption that sweatshops are not good. But they do have some good in them. They keep workers away from bad things such as prostitution and crimes. They also boost the countries economy and give them a means
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Matthew Christensen History C Thorton 15 February 2013 Cuts Costs * Decreasing overhead through outsourcing is a valuable resource for Nike. Cutting costs by employing workers at a reduced rate or paying less for plant operation allows Nike to invest the additional profits into other areas of the business such as advertising‚ thereby increasing the potential for company growth. In addition‚ decreased operational costs are more likely to attract and retain company investors because more money
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Do you think that sweatshops can be completely eliminated throughout the world in the near future? Provide an argument as to why you think this can or cannot be achieved. I think eliminating sweatshop in the near future cannot be achieved. I do believe there will be more restriction set for sweatshops working conditions. Unfortunately‚ I do not think sweatshops can ever be completely eliminated. I think it will always be a cycle where corporations will take action on improving working standards
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For example‚ both Unicef.org and Stopchildlabor.org help protect children from child labor. Unicef not only works with children stuck in child labor in fact‚ they work with those in education‚ survival‚ and gender equality. Both organizations have been successful in helping children all over the world by working with donations and promoting research. Citizens can also help not only by donating but by
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labor. According to DOLE‚ an estimated 3 - 5 million working children are there in the Philippines. As likely as not‚ the pack of sugar I’m using is the product of some unfortunate child forced by circumstances to work away his or her childhood in a sweatshop. It feels sad that what we use as our daily commodity is the work of the poor Filipino children. "The child is the father of man." This famous line quoted by William Wordsworth refers to the importance of the child for the development of society
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References: Connor‚ T. (2001). Still waiting for Nike to do it. Retrieved from http://www.globalexchange.org/sweatfree/nike/stillwaiting Dosomething.org. (2013). 11 facts about sweatshops. Retrieved from http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-sweatshops Professional Ethics Articles. (2012‚ Sept). Nike Case Study. Retrieved from http://professional-ethics-articles.blogspot.com/2012/09/nike-case-study.html http://spotonlists.com/crime/top-10-reasons-why-child-labor-is-bad/
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which he creates a fairy tale land full of extravagant hotels‚ beautiful sceneries‚ sparkly blue lakes and well dressed people. Cahan was an immigrant living during the time of mass Americanization of European immigrants working in the difficult sweatshop conditions. James and Cahan were different writers inspired by different aspects of life‚ "Daisy Miller: A Study" presents the social outer appearances and the hypocrisy of society‚ while "A Sweat Shop Romance" focuses on the inner realities of the
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THE ETHICAL IMPERATIVE Today’s businesses are entrenched in a great conflict. The interests of the stockholders and the interests of the populace at large seem to be in constant turmoil. On one hand‚ stockholders desire profit for themselves‚ and on the other‚ the general population does not care to be exploited by those whose sole motive is profit. This is a conflict because those who buy a business’s products tend to be in the general public‚ and they have the ability to make or break a
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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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