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    tragic fire incident in New York City. "The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies’ Garment workers’ Union‚ which fought for better and safer working conditions for sweatshop workers in that industry" (Wikipedia) To a large extent‚ the Triangle Shirtwaist fire brought about many strikes and was a disaster that still lives among us (affecting us nowadays). This disaster then again lives with us for good. It will remind

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    NIKE-HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION. 1. Brief about the case Nike from the start has used outsourcing as its strategy. It outsources labour to developing countries to exploit cheap labour and maximize profits. But this has given rise to sweatshops in Asia especially in South-East Asia (Indonesia‚ Malaysia etc.) 2. Type of company activity where human rights has been violated Nike has been blamed for the following things:- Inadequate wages Working hours Safety hazards Withheld passports of foreign

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    In the mid 1990’s Nike started facing criticism after several articles were released showing the poor labor conditions of its workers in sweatshops in places like China‚ Japan‚ and other Asian countries. As early as 1993 reports started being released about the poor working conditions. One such report was a CBS exposé by Roberta Baskin describing the working conditions of the Indonesian women working in the factories‚ explaining that they were making only $1.30 a day. During the report she criticized

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    City Claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers This incident has had great significance to this day because it highlights the inhumane working conditions to which industrial working conditions to which industrial workers can be subjected Sweatshops & Strikes before 1911 Was a typical sweated factory in the heart of Manhattan Located at 23-29 Washington Place Low wages‚ excessively long hours Unsanitary and dangerous working conditions The building owners‚ Max Blanck and Isaac Harris-

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    still employ children‚ subjecting them to work in conditions that can pose a danger to their health. The history of child labor can be traced back to the Industrial Revolution‚ when very young children were forced to work in coal mines‚ factories‚ sweatshops‚ and even as domestic servants. Even today‚ as per UNICEF‚ a whopping 150 million children all over the globe are engaged in labor. This practice is widely observed in the mining‚ ceramics and glassware‚ garment and carpet manufacturing‚ and fireworks

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    Sweatshops Are Bad

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    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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    piece that was posted in the Highline: Huffington Post. Hobbes argues that the ethical shopper no longer exists and for reasons he drones on about‚ will never exist again. American brands have been outsourcing their sweatshops for decades‚ which will be discussed in “The Ideal Sweatshop.” However‚ Hobbes brings a new element into the mix‚ because the countries that are being outsourced to have to produce clothing for their own populations as well the problem becomes unsustainable. In the example of

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    MSGL 502 Ethics and Leadership An Ethical look into Slavery in the Chocolate Industry People around the world share a love of chocolate‚ one of the most delicious and pleasurable foods on earth. However‚ thousands of Africa’s children are modern-day slaves‚ bonded to their employers and forced against their will to work in hazardous and heartbreaking conditions. Slavery in the chocolate industry has been widely publicized through the years. The face of enslaved children has been the

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    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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