Another thing mentioned in the article that people who come to teach in a college that are not actually considered teachers. For instance, a farmer coming to teach a class on agriculture are being cheated out of money. They receive much less pay than actual teachers and are doing the same job. They believe it is important to properly pay these people rather than using money on things less significant things for instance, building on to a gym. Also stated was that Presidents of colleges were being overpaid.
The main argument against increasing the wages of these workers is that it will have a negative impact on the developing world because workers will lose their jobs. He refutes this argument by stating that companies, rather than anti-sweatshop protestors, make the decision to shift the locations of their factories. He concludes by appealing to college students to pressure universities to purchase products in factories that are respectful of workers’ rights. He provides information about student unions that support this cause. Although he states many arguments about working conditions he provides very little evidence to support these arguments.
Also this unfair labor practices are many times shown to be outside the country, but they have many that still happen internally within US. Take a look at these cases, Wal-Mart has been accused of practicing unfair labor standards in all their retail stores throughout the United States. According to an article written by Bryce Covert and published on the website Think Progress Wal-Mart has recently been downgraded in market rating. “Wal-Mart was lowered from a “market perform” rating to an “underperform” rating, citing three main causes: understaffing, and erosion of its price advantage against competitors, and costs associated with intensifying pressure from workers organizing” (Covert, 2014). Wal-Mart workers filed 30 counts of unfair labor practice with the National labor Relations Board (NLRB).
McClain one of the many Humboldt State University students who are active participants of human rights assemblies and have shown deep interest in supporting the fight against Sweatshops. Powell argues that the workers of Sweatshops are there for a reason and one reason only, they want to earn money to support themselves or their family. Most sweatshops are found in Third World countries because the daily wage businesses and corporations give to workers is less than what the business or corporation receives in gross revenue. McClain agrees with this statement and justifies it with stating that people in these Third World societies are attracted to the money factories offer. This leads to Powell second statement; the money earned daily by
Also the college could pay students for lunch money as well as travel money but again because of low budgets the college can only afford travel money. Basically the college need a lot to improve on. Having a small budget as affected the college member’s decision making and they are not able to do much for students and this has caused problems for many students especially those who simply can’t afford to attend college. The college could be re considering their decisions and ensuring they think about what is best for the students. This can impact marketing planning in good and bad ways if students tell examiners what they think about the college so it all depends on what the students think.
Ravisankar addresses more than one purpose in his piece; not only does he inform his audience about true sweatshop labor conditions, he also uses certain elements to persuade readers to act against companies that use such types of labor. The problem he identifies is that many workers are forced to work 70-80 hours per week making pennies per hour. Also he identifies that workers are discouraged or intimidated from forming unions. He assumes his readers are aware and know the reality of sweatshops. He is also confident that he can get his readers to listen and agree with his viewpoint.
But the unions have gained too much power. In some states, the union bars the school district from rewarding teachers that are great at their craft. They dictate that all of the teachers must be on an even pay level. This would discourage me from doing any more to help students, than the most ineffective teacher, if we were made to get paid the same. Unions have helped bridge the pay gap between male and female teachers, black and whites teachers, etc.
Nike was providing jobs to people in areas that was not easy to provide for their families but Nike made some mistakes. “The majority of challenges Nike had to overcome involved ethical issues and debates. Even though Nike was providing jobs to those who may not otherwise have one, it was paying “a mere $1.60 a day to Vietnam factory workers when the living wage is at least $3 a day” (Hill, 2009). Nike could have avoided this challenge by paying each employee worker the living wage of the country he or she lives in to purchase necessary items”. (Phoenix Business, 2014).
Nike Sweatshop Debate Case Study Maurice Adams MGT/448 April 17, 2014 Fernando Bernal Abstract Nike faced a number of cultural, legal, and ethical challenges amidst speculation and controversy surrounding the company’s practice of contracting out the manufacture and production of their athletic apparel design. The majority of this controversy was stimulated by the Nike’s alleged use of contractors that failed to abide by international or local legislation regarding the treatment of workers or, as it turns out, contractors that did not comply with labor standards that Nike itself had set. Despite the deplorability of these allegations, it is important to view the allegations within the scope of the cultural context in which these factories exist. Nike Sweatshop Debate Case Study Nike faced a number of cultural, legal, and ethical challenges amidst speculation and controversy surrounding the company’s practice of contracting out the manufacture and production of their athletic apparel design. The majority of this controversy was stimulated by the Nike’s alleged use of contractors that failed to abide by international or local legislation regarding the treatment of workers or, as it turns out, contractors that did not comply with labor standards that Nike itself had set.
Such slavery consists of sweat shops, forced labor, and child labor. In that case, we will discover what’s unethical about modern slavery. Companies such as Nike have been alleged to have their products manufactured in sweatshops in Vietnam, China. The workers were working in bad conditions, caught common colds from other employees, and paid under minimum wage. For such unethical behavior I would create a system to fix the work environments sanitation, and raise the wages to minimum wage for the workers.