looking for a way to cut costs and increase profits. Many companies that manufacture clothes use sweatshops‚ which allow for cheap labor costs and few rules controlling working conditions and overtime regulations. Many clothing and footwear companies have been linked to these sweatshops‚ where the working conditions are so bad that in some cases the workers will commit suicide at work. Sweatshops will usually exist in countries that have few laws in place that protect the workers or the environment
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"Free Exchange for Mutual Benefit: Sweatshops and Maitland ’s "Classical Liberal Standard" " Thomas Carson ’s article criticize Ian Maitland ’s arguments in defense of sweatshops‚ based on Ian ’s view of "the Classical Liberal Standard" published in 1997‚ in the Brithish Academy of Managment Annual Conference Proceedings. Ian ’s central thesis‚ is a defence of the sweatshops in the poor countries in the third world‚ statinig that "A wage or labor practice is ethically acceptable if
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UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN KINETICS AND HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH TITLE SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS AS DETERMINANT OF CHILD LABOUR IN ABEOKUTA METROPOLIS OGUN STATE COURSE TITLE: RESEARCH METHODS IN HEALTH EDUCATION COURSE CODE: HEE 701 BY Olanike Grace AMUSA MATRIC NO: 167232 UNIT: SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH LECTURERS IN CHARGE: DR. E.O.MORAKINYO DR. A.O. FADOJU DR. S.A. FAMUYIWA JULY‚ 2012. CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the study Children are the tangible asset and the
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One of the main parties in British politics is the labour party‚ it was established to represent the interests of workers‚ and traditionally supported by the trade unions. The party remained out of power until 1940. However‚ in the general election of 1945‚ it achieved a spectacular recovery. The period of 1945-1951 witnessed unprecedented political economic and social achievements of the first majority labour party in Britain. Labour‚ under Clement Attlee‚ started enacting the measures
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‘Explain the ideas and policies which link the modern Labour Party to socialism’. (10 marks) Socialism is the economic system based on cooperation rather than competition of businesses which utilizes centralized planning and redistribution of wealth. Industry is state owned and therefore companies have government monopolies on them which results in no competition. Industries are redistributed though the state to achieve a fairer society. Traditional Labour values were indeed a form of socialism as some
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Case study: Nike: the Sweatshop Debate 1) Should Nike be held responsible for working condition in factories that it does not own‚ but where sub-contractors make products for Nike? Nike doesn’t own any manufacturing facilities and outsource its production. Therefore‚ it can’t be directly blamed for terrible working conditions. Nike can influence indirectly on working conditions at contracting factories thorough refusing to work with sweatshop factories. However‚ Nike‚ like any other capitalistic
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threat‚ but when you migrated to a new place at the beginning was not always easy. The sweatshops are not provided with a standard working environment to the workers‚ low wages and hire child labor. Some may say people who are working in the sweatshops is a threat because behind the sweatshops are controlling by the super brands; but they usually don’t solve problems and try to ignore them. However‚ those sweatshops are not a threat‚ for instance‚ if the workers don’t like the working place they can
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clueless about where it’s made. Due to popularity and the on-going trend‚ many youths will do just about anything for sneakers nowadays. Nike is a very well known shoe and athletic wear company. However‚ not many people know that Nike controls many sweatshops. Nike should not be allowed to pay people less than a living wage‚ make them work for an outrageous amount of hours‚ and under the present appalling laws and conditions. Violence and unfair conditions is not a solution to this crisis. After research
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Labor Practices Paper By: Kristopher Watkins For: Chris Mendoza PHL/320 December 15‚ 2014 Labor Practices Paper Many companies are using sweat shops to manufacture their products at a much cheaper cost. However‚ there is a much deeper cost of using sweat shops then what can be placed in monetary value. I think it is time people begin to consider what sweat shops are doing to the people in this world and how dangerous they can be. Sweat shops may save companies money‚ but
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Ethics and sweatshops Companies want to maximize profits‚ while employees want to maximize salaries and benefits. Unfortunately these two desires do not always go hand in hand. The best way for a company to treat its employee how they wish to be treated. Make decisions that are in the best interest of all stakeholders. The Golden Rule still holds true. Companies have a responsibility to its employees and employees have a responsibility to its employer. When leadership treats its workers unfairly
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