...We should improve child labor laws, so children can have the chance at a normal childhood. Child labor is a form of indentured servitude and child slavery, where children have no say in what work they do. From working in sweatshops to having low wages, child labor is a form of crime against humanity, and even a form of dehumanization. Child labor is why many people live in poverty today. This is why we need to enforce more laws on child labor. The sanitation that these kids are put in, is unsafe and the children are put at high risk. In “Child Labor and Sweatshops” by Charles Clark it says, “American shoppers may not know it, but many of the name-brand products they purchase - from clothing to carpets to sports equipment - were made under appalling...
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... This is a program that everyone should look into due to the fact that it deals with issues that many people are not familiar with. It can serve as a basis for education, as well as motivation for certain individuals who want to change their lifestyle and their choices. Maternal, infant, and child health is a very important goal. Taking care of mothers, and their children stands for...
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...issues faced by MNC's in their treatment of foreign workers are given below: a. Employing child labor b. Using workers overtime c. Paying unfair salaries d. Treating inhumanly with workers e. Providing poor working condition for the employees f. Women discrimination g. Unfair business with minorities such as older worker, religious minorities h. Unlawful business practice Would the use of the third party independent contractors insulate MNC's from being attacked? Would that practice offer MNC's a good defensive shield against charges of abuse of “their employees”? Answer: Human rights issues is one of the most important issues in this globalization era. There are no universal or International Standard of what is right or wrong because of the cultural differences among the countries. For example, some country appreciate child labor but some country has a strict law of child labor. So when a business organization conducts business in another country, they are trying to take advantage of that country. The reason for an organization to do business beyond the border is to maximize their profit. Sometimes some MNC does offshore or outsourcing to get the job done. So some MNC goes to the third world country to gain economies of scale. For example Apple Inc. Products are produced by a third party independent manufacturer Foxconn, which situated in China. They have some controversies about some unethical human rights issues which brings public attention. Even though Foxconn produce...
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...have been the ones responsible for creating such awful things in society. Instead of attaining the ultimate goal of unifying the world, they have only built themselves empires to which they trample upon the rights of many people. The loss of jobs, increasing numbers of child abuse and forced labor, these are only some of the factors which were the results of the government’s so-called “economic growth”. Why would they even call it economic growth if the people of the nation are the ones who were gravely affected? One clear thought which came into my mind: It’s all about the money. They do not care about helping the poor or those who are destitute. They care about themselves. It is indeed reassuring that at least some people care about the children who were subjected to forced labor as they are taking actions in their stand against it. One general comment about the second article is that it is too long. Some paragraphs tend to be wordy that the author’s intended meaning of the article may be hard to understand. But despite the length, some major points and issues were thoroughly discussed in the article. Part II On the first article, one of the parts which surely affected me was the part about the child labor. It’s very sad to think that while I am here, having the privilege to study in the university, many of the kids who are around my age didn’t even get the chance to enter school. Due to their extreme poverty, many of them right now are striving to survive in this cold and...
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...Daddies Tonya McKenzie Professor Swinney Strayer University February 20, 2015 Abstract This paper explores the balance between career and family life. Whether we believe the mindset of corporate America is conducive to the type of work and family arrangement that is suitable. Then explain reasons why or why not. This writer will tell whether or not the United States should require organizations to provide paid maternity leave if so, discuss whether or not the United States should assist the companies financially in this endeavor. This writer will describe the stance of the United States requiring organizations to offer paternity leave. They give rationale for the position of choice. Also state whether specialized organizational arrangements can be made for those workers wish to combine career and raising children, and give an explanation why or why not. If specialized organizational arrangement should be made for the workers, explain the steps that an organization can take to accommodate them adequately with their parental needs. Lastly, state whether a firm should be obligated to give employees flexibility to work out a particular career and family balance that is right for them. State whether this is far beyond the social responsibility of the organization, then justify the response. Swedish Daddies Today, we value family and career. Although women have yet to attain full worth at the highest levels of business, they compose nearly half the United States workforce. Their...
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...2016 The progressive era was a time in America where a variety of responses to the economic and social issues arose. However, there would not be any responses if no one were to show the problems to the rest of America. What caused these problems was the hasty transformation into industrialization and urbanization which was introduced in the 19th century . As a result of urbanization and rapid industrialization, childhood was something ignored, and child labor became a huge issue than both adults and children didn't understand or find a solution to. During the Progressive era, many effective actions were made to better children's poor lives and lifestyles, and the societal outlook on childhood changed from ignorance to realizing the issues of poverty and child labor, and the effects they had on everyone. A large issue that came from industrialization was that children of that time period up until near the end of the progressive era, were expected to basically become adults. Children from as young as eight were working and taking care of their families. In source two, the image is of mill workers in 1912, where children can be seen of nearly all ages, and none of them with shoes or decent clothing. This is a perfect example of how young workers were and how much they actually received from working. Since industrialization was one of the easiest ways to give an abundance of people jobs and wasn’t well regulated, the working conditions and pay weren’t great either. Source three...
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...Why reproduction is a need. Reproduction may not seem important because of the large populations today, but it is a basic need that we aren’t meeting here in the United States. Corning lists it as one of the fourteen basic needs because it is crucial for the survival of the species and will cause a variety of harms if it is not satisfied. It’s common knowledge that in order for a species to survive, it must reproduce itself. This applies to the human race as well. In the long-term, consequences of not enough reproduction could be extinction as we know it. However, more realistically, in the short term, it is essential for normal day-to-day and economic productivity. If there aren’t enough people around in your age group due to low reproduction, social relations become difficult, and so does communication. Economically, if there aren’t enough people participating in the market, then it will grow unstable. On an individual level, once a child is raised in a family, there will be an economic return in them providing for that individual later. This could be accomplished through direct interaction from child to parent, or from someone receiving benefits from someone else’s child from the Social Security Administration after retirement. That is the focus here. If we cannot successfully reproduce over the next generation, then there won’t be enough workers to attend to the retirees from the previous generation that rely on Social Security. This makes reproduction a need. Why it isn’t...
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...textbook (chapters 1-2) and discuss how and why you would make a decision you would consider to be ethical. (refer to the case study analysis steps we discussed in class) Why is your chosen case study important for the study of ehics in the workplace? Slavery in the Chocolate Industry: The Ivory Coast in Africa produces much of the world’s cocoa beans, but in order to do so cheaply, thousands of cocoa farms use child slavery. Many large American chocolate companies knowingly purchase these tainted cocoa beans, also in order to keep costs low. The stakeholders in this case study are child slaves, the farmers, the distributors, and the chocolate manufacturing corporations and the consumers. The slaves keep the costs low for the farmers and the corporations. The distributors gather the cocoa beans from the small farms. The chocolate manufactures produce the goods and the consumers buy the products. The large American chocolate factories unwillingness to get involved in the issue of child slavery would imply that their mission is to continue to make cheaper products. Because the companies involved are all large corporations, it would seem that they are more concerned with pleasing their investors and shareholders, rather than focusing on their ethical/social responsibilities. The managers of these large companies should be looking for the truth and asking themselves if they are doing enough to improve the situation. They should also be asking themselves, how will their consumers...
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...the most population in the world. This largest number in the world also represents that China has a great number of labor focus. But there are also lots of issues following the huge number of population, such as shortage of resources, limited space and so on. In order to solve these problems, the government of China has to take a series of actions to prevent the population growing too fast. So the governor of China instituted the One-Child policy to restrict the growing population. This policy was introduced in 1979 and initially applied to first-born children in the year of 1979. After more than 30 years carry out, the main goal of this policy was achieved. Under the influence, the growth rate declines apparently. In the 1970s, China’s growth rate was 3 percent; in the mid-1980’s, it was 1.2%; and today, China’s growth rate is 0.7 %”( Jackson & Eleen, 2001). On the other hand, this policy also causes several adverse consequences, including high rate of old-age, increased abortion rate, unexpected change of sex ration. There is no doubt this policy’s affection which is obvious. Even though the Chinese government within the pressure of human rights improvement has relaxed the policy and makes this policy more humanistic but some of people still consider the one child policy impact China in a more negative way. Therefore, I will introduce how does one child policy impact towards Chinese society in the below. On the current situation, even the Chinese government makes lots...
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...Shaping of the Modern World 5/8/11 Cruel Labor The Industrial Revolution wasn’t the first instance of cruel human labor in the history of the world, but some may argue that it was the harshest. Flora Tristan says in her piece from the London Journal, “Since I have known the English proletariat I no longer think that slavery is the greatest human misfortune.” (1) Cruel labor is an injustice that originated in ancient civilizations, became worse in the eighteenth century, and unfortunately still exists today. No matter what event you choose to focus on, between the Atlantic Slave Trade, to the London Laboring Classes and its child labor, to the more recent sweatshops that still exist in Asia, the pain and suffering these people had to go through and are still going through is not only inhumane, but also immoral. “The London Laboring Classes” is an excerpt from the London Journal by Flora Tristan. The article is broken down into two parts: Factory Workers and Prostitutes. Tristan wrote this article in order to expose the cruelties suffered by industrial workers, women, and slaves, during the Industrial Revolution. It would be an injustice to Tristan if I paraphrase her shocking description of the life of the factory worker, so I’ll quote her directly. “Most of the workers lack clothing, a bed, furniture, a fire, wholesome food, and often even potatoes! They are shut up twelve to fourteen hours a day in mean rooms where they breathe in, along with foul air, cotton, wool...
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...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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...Jennifer Thoman Capstone Management Kaplan University My business plan is about a daycare provider called Generations. It will be a sole proprietorship. There are two basic reasons why child care providers consider other business structures: lower taxes and personal liability protection. There are no tax savings if you form a partnership or LLC. Planning is the development of specific strategies designed to achieve organizational goals. Forward-looking managers use planning to develop strategies, policies, and methods for achieving company objectives. Managers who rely on planning can anticipate problems before they even arise and therefore can implement solutions quickly. In addition, planning serves as the foundation for the other management functions: organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling by providing direction for a company; and increases a company's potential for success in accomplishing its goals. Organizing is the second major managerial function. It is the process of structuring a company's resources, its personnel and materials, in a way that will allow it to achieve its objectives. Specifically, organizing entails a fundamental three-step process: developing tasks, labor units, and positions. First of all, managers must determine the exact actions that have to be taken to implement plans and achieve objectives. Second, they must divide personnel into teams with areas of responsibility. Third, managers must delegate authority and responsibility to individuals...
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...America because of their tropical climates. The cocoa beans are what makes chocolate in general. 70% of the world’s cocoa is supplied by Western Africa countries such as Ghana and in the Ivory Coast. “The cocoa they grow and harvest is sold to a majority of chocolate companies, including the largest in the world.” However, as the years have gone by, news about child labor happening in this industry has hit the media multiple times. Journalists and organization try spreading the word on what’s happening with all the child labor in this industry, but it doesn’t always get the attention it should receive. This can be because of no one really wants to know where all the good stuff is coming from. Another reason, why we do not know more about this child labor news in the industry is because the industry has become really secretive and thus creating journalist to have a hard time to get the real news on what’s happening. One interesting aspect of this news is that, “the farms of Western Africa supply cocoa to international giants such as Hershey’s, Mars and Nestle- revealing the industry’s direct connection to the worst forms of child labor, human trafficking, and slavery.” The Ivory Coast runs on the revenue received on the exports of cocoa. Due to the chocolate industry...
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...needs to do more to ensure that care is high-quality and affordable. (Todd, C. and Ashton, A., March 2001). It’s not easy for an individual to live comfortably on less than eight dollars an hour. For parents working in low-wage jobs, trying to arrange reliable day care for their children can add another layer of anxiety to an already precarious existence. As part of Marketplace Morning Report’s series on the world of low-wage work, reporter David Schaper looks at the paucity of safe, affordable day care for low-income families. Kharfen, M. (Dec, 2000.) Low-income working mothers with children often have a hard time finding affordable day care. Even when child-care costs are based on a sliding-scale fee, many mothers with minimum-wage jobs can’t pay all of their child-care bills and still have money for housing, food, and transportation. we, as a society, want poor parents to be productive workers, some form of appropriate child care—regardless of parents’ ability to pay—must be available. Whether such care should be provided by employers, faith-based or charitable organizations, or through governmental programs is up to the citizenry to decide. It would be a mistake, for people to think that it’s not their problem or that these families are getting what they deserve based on their “poor life choices.” After all, children don’t choose their parents. Government studies say families shouldn't spend more than 10 percent of their income on child care.( Peisner-Feinberg, et al 1999)...
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...For Labor Unions, where were they, Where are they, and where do they need to go to remain Or regain an active and viable organization in the 21st century? This paper will discuss the labor union and the issues that it affect them as relates to the United States workforce. It will also talk about the creation of the Labor Union and about the process of the Labor Union. It will also address the current work situation in America and how it affect the Labor Unions. There are changes that the Labor Union are needed to maintain the support from their member, community and employers. The Labor Union also need to make change on their communication strategy to grown. The Labor Union, up to this point have been able to continue in business mainly because of the baby boomers since most of the started participation union because the way employment was back then. The new generation might not participate as much in Labor Union as the Baby Boomer generation did, because either they are not aware of the union and how to joined them. This should be a cause of concern for the Labor Union as much of they are retiring. Other thing that we should consider is are Labor Union in our main interest and should we care if the survive. We need to consider if America is better off without them. A Labor Union was started with a group of worker working...
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