He uses logos to point out our moral responsibility to make sure workers receive fair compensation and sanitary working conditions. He uses pathos when describing unsanitary conditions, child labor, and unfair worker compensation. He states his thesis in the fifth paragraph after he describes the poor working conditions created by corporations whose sole interest is increasing profits. He organizes his argument by first describing the consumers and then describing sweatshops. 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.
For example in paragraph 2 he explains in detail the labor condition he is arguing against; long hours, discrimination, unhealthy facilities etc. Another example where he appeals to logic is where he states how easy and little effort it would take to solve the issues regarding sweatshops. He states “Many consumers in the West refuse to pay a little bit more even if it would improve the lives of sweatshop workers”. Ravisankar also mentions the selfishness of corporations who are more interested in making
Once Lawson went to Sink, it place him in a troublesome position. Since if Sink affirmed the configuration it wouldn't look great. Despite the fact that Vandivier did show the act of groupthink, the fault was continually pushed off to an alternate in this organization emergency. Vandivier was exceeding the expenses of his individual life profits family life vs. business profits when deciding his bearing of morals and choices. Disappointment of correspondence inside workers and offices was hindering and subsequently the authoritative standards ought to be modified inside the partnership.
| Customers | Customers can stop buying products displaying the john Lewis logo, word of mouth means that john Lewis can be seriously damaged by customer shifts. They have a huge influence on the aims and objectives of john Lewis. However john Lewis may feel that it has sufficiently strong, brand loyalty to ignore customer input. | Employees | Employee can make john Lewis alter their aims and objectives to include staff needs and wants, john Lewis altered their company objectives to include the working conditions of its staff, however a set time when unemployment is high, employers are in a position of greater power as employment is harder to find. | Trade union | Unions mainly focus on the treatment and pay of the employees.
The second example given is that the money earned daily by laborers is often higher than the average national wage. The final and third example is that there is no systematic alternative to sweatshops they cannot be replaced, only attempted to be reformed. Powell presents a well supported argument, he has done research and found information that can even sway a radical activist. Although Powells argument proves the advantages of being a sweatshop worker in a Third World country, the common facts about sweatshops from articles in the Humboldt State University newspaper by J. McClain counters Powells argument with evidence of sweatshops having harsh working conditions and without recognition for worker safety and rights. 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.
By taking a more in depth look into these two articles, we can come to a conclusion that the work in America, has taken a toll on the population of workers in a totally different direction and can be seen as America giving us an idea of less hope in the workforce. But what possible solutions are there to further decrease the unfairness in the Saghafi 2 workforce in America? What can be done to better the situations of the employees who desperately need the help in today’s labor filled society? Greenhouse’s theory of the American worker, in hindsight, is that their labor and the hours that they are putting into their work is becoming less appreciated by companies, managers, and anyone else who has the upper hand in the business firms. He even names many incidents of people who share their
As he says, “it is a high time to face the persecutors who haunt the bright kid with thick glasses from kindergarten to the grave.” The bullying, the teasing, and the harassing for their abilities and their “disgusting taste” must be stopped, as stated in his writing. Using a firm tone toward the issue you can tell he has experienced this, and that connects him deeper with the audience though pathos. Leonid Fridman shows a very negative attitude towards the focus of “Nerds and Geeks.”He supports disagreement through pathos, satire, and a impressive word choice, He over take the mind of the reader with these rhetorical strategies. Through elementary school, middle school, and in high school, everyone needs their nerds and
This response likely had the added effect of offending their employee base by suggesting that their employees would utilize the program to steal from the company. This offense has the significant potential for lowering employee engagement and retention. Clearly, Company Q is not educated in how ethical conduct and social responsibility by a company can actually boost its profits. Their current position only serves to perpetuate the long lived consumer mind-set that companies are inherently dishonest and only have eyes on profit. It is unrealistic to believe that Company Q can instantly jump from their current posture to one of deep and meaningful social responsibility and corporate ethics.
He claims that there is not much of the American dream left and that “we’ve become a hapless, can’t-do society, and it’s frankly, embarrassing” (Herbert, 566). He blames the poor policies, decline of the educational system, and the costly wars we cannot afford for our country’s loss of the idolized perception we have of the American dream. He defines the American dream as jobs provided for all who want to work and provide salaries large enough to allow employees to have a decent standard of living. Herbert urges the idea that raising taxes will help the issue of inequality amongst Americas classes and will help us pay for the wars overseas. Robert H. Frank, author of “Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore”, supports Herbert’s beliefs.
It is frustrating to see how much of a trade off the circle of life is having to sacrifice people’s income in order to get a greater result on a business. Finally, as a result of a so controversial topic I supported, support, and will support the minimum wage. The bad economy that we face today in the country is so depressing that it is not even guarantee if there will be more employment with or without minimum wage. Every day the unemployment increases, inflation increases, poverty increases, crime increases, etc. Moreover, with a minimum wage there is a big portion of the population of the country unemployed, now I think what it will be if there is not a set minimum wage.