the world’s focus on manufacturing methods‚ specifically the use of sweatshops. The term ‘sweatshop’ in today’s world has gained a predominantly negative connotation due to the Western perspective of this establishment. It evokes a variety of emotions from people without a great deal of understanding of what the term describes or the reasons for its existence. As always‚ every issue has two sides‚ and in the case of sweatshops‚ it can be viewed as either the violation of human rights and dignity
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SWEATSHOP LABOUR ARGUMENT AND THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE ASSIGNMENT NO 2 RIZWANA MASOOD F11MB001 SWEATSHOP: INTRODUCTION & BRIEF HISTORY Sweatshop labor is a negative term that is used for the working environment that is very difficult and dangerous to work in. It is a shop or factory in which employees work for long hours and get very low pay and they work under extreme poor conditions. The shop or factory that violates more than 2 labor laws is a sweatshop
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One quarter of the global economy is controlled by sweatshops (Kristof Wudunn 542). Well‚ that can’t be true! They call it the Sweatshop Belt: China‚ South Korea‚ Malaysia‚ Indonesia and Bangladesh to be more precise. What comes to mind when we say the word "sweatshop"? Sweatshops are known for their inability to provide a safe working environment‚ low pay rate and child labour. Because of all these negative connotations‚ sweatshops are continuously perceived in a negative way worldwide. Nike‚ Gap
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particular is the use of cheap foreign labor‚ forcing people to work in sweatshops to aid in making more money. Sweatshops are defined as a factory or workshop‚ especially in the clothing industry‚ where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions. In 1996‚ after Charles Kernaghan and the National Labor Committee revealed that Kathie Lee Gifford’s
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Nike Sweatshops Nike is the largest seller of athletic footwear and apparel in the world. The company is primarily engaged in the design‚ development‚ and worldwide marketing of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessories. The company operates in the US‚ Europe‚ Asia Pacific‚ the Middle East and Africa. It is headquartered in Beaverton‚ Oregon. (Datamonitor‚ 2006‚ p 4) By shifting manufacturing to developing countries‚ Nike is able to achieve significant cost savings owing to the lower
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Sweatshops need to be stopped‚ they are manufacturing establishments where employees are forced to work long hours‚ under terrible conditions to create products for minimum wage just so transnational companies can make their fortunes. They are a horrific way to produce products‚ and need to be banished. There are three reasons why sweatshops should be stopped‚ and they are‚ that sweatshops have horrible working conditions‚ Unfair wages and unfair hours‚ and children aren’t able to experience a normal
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Sweatshops are manufacturing workplaces which treat its workers inhumanely‚ paying low wages‚ imposing harsh and unsafe working conditions‚ demanding levels of performance that are harmful to the workers and child labour. These are generally formed in developing nations and third world countries where the cost to employ labour is far cheaper than the cost to employ capital. Even though they are extensively used in most industries‚ they are infamous for their exploitation in the garment industry.
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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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Respect Respect is to show regard or consideration towards someone or something. It can be defined as a positive feeling of appreciation towards a person or thing. Respect expresses the regard and consideration shown by an individual towards others. Respect cannot be demanded‚ it is an asset that has to be earned. From childhood we are taught to respect our parents‚ elders‚ teachers and the list goes on. There is a personal form of respect‚ which is well known as self-respect. If an individual
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