...Florence Kelley, a U.S. social worker, gives a speech before the convention of The National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia addressing child labor and how it could be outlawed if woman suffrage was passed as legislature. Kelley was an advocate for women gaining the right to vote and for children being forbidden to work in harsh conditions. She uses logical appeal and guilt people to show how child labor is a practice that can be prohibited were women to have the right to vote. The author evokes an emotion of guilt upon her audience by stating how children are working in conditions that are harsh and unsafe. Florence Kelley refers to the children and their predicament by describing, “ Tonight while we sleep several thousand...
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...Many great faces have been shaping America such as Andrew Carnegie and John D. rockefeller, but who is going to fix the problems they don’t care about or seem to notice in their own factories. Starting in the 1900s America's cities have been bustling, industry is booming, and over half the country is in poverty. Only half of our population can vote and many men, women, and children are stuck in terrible factory conditions all day. Hours are long and child labor is a problem being overlooked by most of the country. Not everyone in America is making it, in the absence of clear rules, not everyone has a chance of making it. When you aunt Bessie decided to give me one million dollars to do whatever I please I have chosen to: give $600,000 to ending the horrors of child labor, $300,000 to give women more rights, and $100,000 to improve the conditions in the meatpacking industry....
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...poverty | 3 | Collateral Effect of Micro-finance on child-labour | 4 | Social responsibility challenges that micro-financiers should meet | 6 | Discussion of microfinance using the principle agent framework | 6 | Conclusion | 7 | References | 9 | Introduction Social innovation refers to novel services and activities directed towards addressing social needs and diffused through organizations whose main purposes are social rather than making profit (Majumdar, Guha, & Marakkath, 2015). On the other hand, business innovation involves organization’s process of introducing ideas, workflows, or products. Unlike social innovation, business innovations are motivated by profit and diffuse through firms motivated by profit maximization. However, some for-profit businesses innovate by developing new ideas to address social needs in the community or workplace. Nonetheless, both social and business innovations exhibit novelty. That is, they promote new ways of doing things thus making them necessary for human development. Majumdar, Guha, and Marakkath (2015) affirm that innovations promote human development by satisfying the basic human needs and empowering the community through new ideas. Innovation involves all spheres of society and human life including human needs and capacity development. This paper focuses on microfinance which is a business innovation. The paper discusses the impact of microfinance on poverty, child labor, and social responsibility challenges that micro-financiers...
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...Human trafficking, often regarded as the modern-day form of slavery, is a rampant widespread issue. It entails the illegal selling and trading of humans into forced labor or sex work. In the U.S., in particular, the global slavery index estimates fifty-seven thousand and seven hundred individuals enslaved with a majority being under eighteen. The top three categories of trafficking are sex, both sex and labor, and labor alone (Top 3 Types of Trafficking in 2017). In 2000 the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act was passed in order to offer more protection and resources to the victims of trafficking and to raise awareness and prevention it was also the first federal law regarding the matter. Since 2000 the Victims of Trafficking...
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...from those circumstances. Robbins argues that education would prevent this extreme form of beggary and help Sokha acquire the skills necessary to build a future for herself. Another example of dismal imagery is used in Senna’s story. Senna lives and works in the mining town of La Rinconada, Peru. Her whole segment is filmed in black and white, and there are numerous images of the muddy and dusty mines (Girl Rising). These depressing depictions and colors elicit outrage in the audience. Viewers feel angry because they see the mines in a negative light. By antagonizing Senna’s current lifestyle, Robbins makes the audience want to stop these unfair employment conditions. Robbins argues that Senna and women like her should not be forced into labor at such a young age; instead, they should go to school. Robbins utilizes this technique to persuade the audience to support the education of women in the developing...
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...to see it tried on him personally.” In many countries worldwide, people are being exploited on a daily basis by factories around the world known as sweatshops. A sweatshop is a term used to describe a working environment, commonly factories manufacturing textile goods that are deemed dangerous due to poor working conditions. Workers who work at these sweatshops often endure sexual, physical and mental abuse, who work long unreasonable hours with no leave, lacking any health care benefits whatsoever for meager wage. These sweatshops often employ the usage of child labor and women, as they are easier to control. Today, my research essay will be on sweatshops and how the benefits of Fair trade and anti-sweatshop activism in the long run, can be beneficial. I will explore the poor and harsh working conditions of these workers, how working in a sweatshop can affect their health both mentally and physically, how child labor is being employed in these sweatshops and how women and children are mainly the ones being exploited in these sweatshops. More often than not, many Americans assume that these acts are not ongoing today, and are oblivious to the ways we as consumers, are actually supporting these organizations unknowingly. Authorities should further enforce laws and rules as well to prohibit such travesties from occurring. Many do not know of the poor and harsh working conditions these workers’ are subjected to on a daily basis. War on Want, is an anti-poverty charity...
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...To begin his presentation, Aaron discussed the fact that, a little less than a hundred years ago, there were no eight-hour workdays or laws to protect workers. Instead, employees were under the full discretion of their employers, and workers often faced horrific working conditions. In fact, child labor was still widespread before the formation of labor unions, and Aaron illustrated his point with the famous, “Please sir, may I have some more,” scene from Oliver Twist. However, these malpractices were challenged when workers began to form labor unions, which are groups of workers who fights for rights, benefits, and better working conditions. One of the most important labor unions, specifically of the 19th century, was the “Knights of Labor,” who fought for the coveted eight-hour workday, the practice of equal pay for equal work, and the ban of child labor. But, as Aaron pointed out, while workers in labor unions were united together, oftentimes there was a potential for an “us vs. them” mentality to emerge, which can easily echo the ideology of communism. In fact, Aaron wrapped up his oral report by relating labor unions to John Steinbeck’s In Dubious Battle, since Jim and Mac rally the field workers together into what is essentially a union, where the men work together to fight for their rights as workers. However, Mac and Jim,...
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...After a few years of IKEA undergoing speculation of unreliable suppliers in countries such as India, Pakistan, and Nepal whom used child labor freely throughout their practices, Ikea’s business area manager of carpets, Marianne Barner, was faced with a dilemma that she was quickly forced to overcome, change, and improve. In 1995, a well-known German TV reporter broadcasted an ongoing investigation report naming a main supplier of Ikea used child labor in their work place. Although this supplier claimed to recently sign an agreement in their IKEA contract forbidding the use of child labor or else termination, recent video and still-photographs have proved otherwise. In a whirl-wind of events, Barner was forced to look into alternatives to help save the reputation and image of IKEA as well as maintaining a profit. Three of these alternatives that Barner juggled that were stated within the case included: 1. Sign up to an industry wide response to growing concerns of child labor in India – monitoring manufacturers, importers, and retailers to use the new label of RUGMARK: a label on carpets that states they were made without the use of child labor. 2. Barner started conversing with the Swedish “Save the Children” organization who urged Ikea to respond to this situation in “the best interest of these children,” whatever that change may be. 3. Cut the use of these companies within India to lessen the loss of a profit for the company IKEA. Before investigating...
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...is it morally or ethically right because it is helping those in need or because it seems acceptable in the world today. In 2012, a Chinese electronics manufacturing company, who is responsible for producing components and parts for Apple, was revealed to be employing underage workers after an internal audit was done against them. This act was in direct violation of child labor laws, but seemingly enough many U.S. companies continue to use products from Chinese companies that hire underage workers to produce their products. Even though it is against the law, many justify this action by believing it is ethical because it provides jobs to people in need and that the children want to work and are doing so to help their poor families in need. Also, this helps Apple because it provides them with very cheap labor, so it is a beneficial to not only the workers but the company itself. The media bashes these companies by putting them on the news and writing articles explaining the accidents and mistakes that happen often because children are not capable of manufacturing products correctly. Although ethically child labor is frowned upon, many companies continue to invest in these companies and turn their back on America’s laws of business. (Apple) Business ethics began in the 1960’s in the beginning of the “Social Responsibility” movement. The movement itself stimulated the public interest...
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...Table of contents Contents Summary ................................................................................................................................................. 2 The benefits of the “big4” ....................................................................................................................... 3 Kraft..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Nestlé .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Mars .................................................................................................................................................... 4 The Hershey Company ........................................................................................................................ 5 Common project between Marc and Hershey ................................................................................... 6 “Big4”, consequentialism and utilitarianism....................................................................................... 6 Moral and human rights infractions ....................................................................................................... 7 Recommendations for cocoa and chocolate industry ............................................................................ 9 Challenges remaining for...
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...Globalization and Child Labour Globalization is a topic that is very debatable; there are many advocates as well as opposition groups and globalization always carries with it the dilemma of whether it is good or bad for the all the countries taking part in this integration; regardless of this dilemma, globalization is happening right now and it is unstoppable, it has its benefits as well as its problems and one of the problems, although there is no empirical evidence, is that globalization raises child labour. Economic globalization unifies the economies of the world by reducing international trade barriers such as export fees, import quotas, tariffs through free trade agreements like NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), as well as foreign investment, among others. However, this integration between developed and developing countries has increased the demand for labour in third world countries in sectors such as agriculture, food processing, textiles and this demand has increased the wages of their workers; which has prompted the need for cheap labour in other words child labour. In this paper I will examine the arguments on how globalization raises child labour as well as how globalization can actually be used to reduce child labour. Globalization can affect developing countries through the labour market by increasing trades, export sales, and foreign investment, all these factors have an impact on employment and salaries [2]; globalization increases the uneducated...
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...act of abortion so as to lay bared the often taken for granted assumptions of its right and left wing proponents. INTRODUCTION The term “Abortion” is etymologically rooted in the Latin word “Aboriri” meaning “miscarry”. Going by this etymology, one may literarily define abortion as either a mechanized or unintended termination or miscarriage of a pregnancy. Technically speaking, abortion is the deliberate act or a medical operation purported to end a pregnancy at an early stage. It is the ending of the life of a fetus before it is able to survive on its own. Most of the arguments that have ensued on abortion recently are based mainly on whether the fetus is a human or a tissue. They all in like fashion gear toward showcasing the logicality or the absurdity of postulations that hold it intricately true that the fetus in the womb is a human with right and in need of respect. Although some have scorned these arguments as rather too myopic, it remains a truism that all arguments about the morality of abortion stops once it is established that the fetus is either a man or a tissue. Before looking at the various forms...
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...Forum / Writing Feedback / | | | | | 'The Advantages and Disadvantages of Globalization' Top of Form syahid Apr 9, 2010, 10:03am #1 Even though globalization affects world's economies in a positive ways, its negative side should not be forgotten. Discuss. Globalization has contributed a lot to the world today. It boosts countries economies, advance technologies and improve daily life of the people. But in the meantime whether it is a blessing or a curse has sparked much debate. This is because the benefit of globalization always come with the drawbacks. For me, the advantages of the globalization are outweigh its disadvantages. Convincing argument can be made that globalization has led to advancement in technologies. This advancement has built the new world without boundaries. So, the communication can be made with any other parts of the world through technologies such as internet and telephone. Hence, ideas exchange can be done among intellectuals,journalists, scientists or ordinary people. As a result, the best ideas will be spread all over the world which led to enhance the world achievements. However, there are some disadvantages of the globalization. The absence of boundaries of the world through technologies could create harmful to the people. To illustrate, the access to the bad website in internet such as drugs and pornography could affect people minds. For example, recently...
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...on. Even though the U.S. Supreme Court declared abortions a fundamental right in the Roe v. Wade case in 1973, Americans are still divided about whether or not the procedure should be legal (ProCon.org, 2015). Although, abortion is not an option for myself, but do support women’s right to choose what is best for their own bodies and circumstances. Opponents of abortion identify themselves as pro-life. They believe that human life has value and everyone should be given a chance to live and not be murdered by having an abortion. They also believe that personhood begins at conception, and therefore abortion is the immoral killing of an innocent human being (Procon.org, 2015). They also believe that abortion inflicts suffering on the unborn child. It is unfair to allow abortion when there are couples who cannot biologically conceive and are willing and waiting to adopt (Procon.org, 2015). Pro-life supporters believe that human life is precious, worth living, deserves respect and protection. They oppose the intentional killing of innocent human beings, which means they oppose abortion. Their positions range from opposing abortion under any circumstance to accepting situations such as rape, incest or when a woman’s life is at risk (Procon.org, 2015). The people who support abortion as a right are called pro-choice. They argue that a woman’s right...
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...consumerism plays a role in this television show. Because this episode has the distinctive features most animated television shows have, of addressing real issues by exaggerating them, having recurring characters that the audience is familiar with and having a conflict or problem that is usually solved by the end of the episode, it demonstrates how consumerism isn’t just associated with our economy or large corporations. In, “The Block is Hot,” Aaron McGruder displays a distinctive feature that most animated television shows express when he addresses a real issue that is going on in our society today, by exaggerating it. McGruder addresses the real issues of consumerism, which shows how this distinctive feature supports this episode’s argument of how they're exploitation and corruption with consumer culture in America. The episode starts off with Jazmin who on this hot day in Woodcrest, decides to open a lemonade...
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