Sweatshops have always been an issue within the Apparel Industry; companies seek out cheap alternatives to having mass production of clothing for cheaper rates. Merchandise buyers seek out the cheapest manufacturers of products that are high on demand, causing them to purchase from manufacturers that operate illegal sweatshops. A number of manufacturing companies exclusively deal with the exploitation of workers for their own economical benefit. This issue sadly affects everyone worldwide, especially in Asian countries because the government does not enforce laws against sweatshops. The Apparel Industry is the most affected because of this; workers are obligated to work long shifts without any consideration of their well-being.
Moore persuades his audiences by saying as a society; we tend to forget what the outcome is when big corporations decide to fire workers because the CEO wants more for their salary. Analogy, argumentation, and personal anecdotes are some methods Moore uses to demonstrate to his audiences. Moore uses analogy throughout his essay by comparing crack to downsizing by GM and big companies like “AT&T, and GE.” The CEO states, “A company must be able to do whatever it wants to make a profit.” This shows that any company will do anything it needs to do to make a profit whether it’s ruining lives or communities. Moore suggests that General Motors sell crack. “But Crack is illegal!” you say.
The products were often made in sweatshops-factories where underage, underpaid workers performed 16-hour or long days in abhorrent, unsafe conditions. Then Gap went through the engaged stage, it turned to Social Accountability International and developed a Code of Vendor Conduct. This is because Gap became aware that they needed to change public expectations. To make sure all the contractors were abiding by the code; Gap hired more than 90 vendor compliance officers to audit the contractors. And they are not afraid of the negative reaction.
However, I think it is wrong to take advantage of those employers’ lives by not providing those employers fairly. 3) Yes, I think it is correct to criticize Nike for the low pay rates of its subcontractors in Indonesia. Most of the people Indonesia indeed have half the daily income compared to employers working in Nike, but those people are unlike the employers of Nike. Employers of Nike have to risk their lives by inhaling toxic gases everyday, working overtime, and still did not get the pay they deserved. On the other hand, most people who have half the income do not need to risk their lives.
On this account, I am going to delve on reasons as to why workers’ compensation laws were developed. Moreover, this will touch on the time these laws were created. The paper will also discuss on various benefits of worker’s compensation laws for workers or employees. Nonetheless, despite many rules and regulations put in place to tamper with compensation and benefits, while living through economically-depressed times, every benefit and compensation item provided needs to be advocated for by every business organization, despite of their corporate rankings. INTRODUCTION Nowadays, every employee is worried about the nature of the compensation and benefits laws before taking any job responsibility or employment in
And the pressure to maintain a 42% of expense-to-revenue ratio (E/R ratio) had also becoming one of the forces that lead the executives and the manager to cook the books in order to make it looked good at the public’s eyes. From the perspective of the executives, the main pressure would be to ensure that the investor or the shareholder to keep on trusting the company and continue to keep their investment or inject more investment into the company. This is so much important as the shareholders’ trust greatly depending on the company performance. When the performance indicator shown not a good result, the shareholder will most probably take off their investment and this will impacted the company’s stock price. Besides that, the executives were also surrounded by their self-interest.
Living a busy life can sometimes distract we from standing up for what we believe in, but it’s surely not impossible, shopping at American-made shops supports our country and supports our well-deserving employers. Sweatshops have been around for a long time and we don’t know when they will ever stop being continued. A lot of us Americans oppose sweatshops because of all the bad rumors about the conditions of sweatshops. In the article, “Sweatshops in China” the War on Want team argues, “Factory conditions are dangerous, and basic health and safety protections are rarely provided to workers. According to the United Nations, more than 200 million Chinese workers risk serious damage to their health from occupational disease.
It’s their internal problem too, because stitching manager wants to run the work order with minimum change overs, so he always has a choice to select desired work order (work order having similar specifications), due to huge inventory stock. The inventory stock helps manager to select his choice, so that change over time may be minimized. When the inventory is low then the manager has to accept changeover loss, multiple times in a week. 6.1.1.4. Late Arrival of Worker The late arrival of worker is fourth major reason behind the situation of huge inventory level in stitching department.
I’ve read numerous stories about big companies like Wall-Mart treating their employees unfairly, for example on black Friday they made their employees come into work at 12:00 am Thanksgiving night. The reason they did this is so they could make more money, because they knew people would be shopping on Black Friday. However, Ben & Jerry’s proved that big companies can be very profitable and by being ethical they helped out a lot of people. Then when they joined up with Greyston Bakery they could make a lot more flavors and also helped Greyston Bakery with their business and that created more jobs at the bakery. This business strategy worked very well for these companies, however that’s not always the case for all businesses.
Their union deplores industrial action by the profession, but nevertheless it has meant strikes in the UK to force a reluctant government into financing better incomes in the National Health Service, and in the view of many these incomes remain inadequate. The reason is that in a capitalist society incomes depend on the market economy i.e. supply and demand. If you supply a need and are in a minority you can command a high income. In a socialist state, the government evaluates the contributions of all workers and fixes wages accordingly.