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Sweatshops, 2004.
This paper discusses sweatshops, the impact that they have on the world, and what can be done to end their proliferation.
1,420 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper explains that sweatshops are factories that produce apparel, shoes, and other merchandise where employees, usually women and children, work under extreme conditions for very long hours and very little pay. The author points out that sweatshops became illegal in the United States with the passing of the Fair Labor Standards Act, but many American companies, such as Wal-Mart, maintain their low prices by selling products manufactured in sweatshops. The paper describes many ways that the individual can fight the continuation of sweatshops, such as asking companies to purchase only fair-trade products, purchasing only union-made products, and supporting organizations like OXFAM.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Definition of a Sweatshop
Sweatshops and the Underground Economy
How to End the Proliferation of Sweatshops
Conclusion
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"Indeed, changes in the global economy have added to the proliferation of sweatshops. The robust economies of the west and in Asia have created a great demand for apparel and electronics. This coupled with the increases in the costs of living have made sweatshops very difficult to stop. In addition, large discount chains are able to provide consumers with high quality products at extremely low prices. Many consumers do not take the time to investigate why the price of these products are so low."
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International Sweatshops, 2007.
An examination of the ethical aspects of international sweatshops.
1,779 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the issue of international sweatshops, particularly in China. It will also look at how to control or eliminate these sweatshops. The paper mentions some of the companies that use sweatshops and the actual conditions in which the employees must work. Also examined are the critics of the sweatshops and the attention they bring to the issue and the reforms they are attempting to institute. The author also considers the problems associated with establishing standards in the sweatshops, especially regarding wages and working conditions. The author concludes with suggestions for developing these standards.
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"In China, the government suppresses any union activity, thereby ensuring these companies of workers who will make no demands of their employers (Maitland, DATE, p. 584). These companies are not only supporting poor working conditions for their workers and families, they are contributing to the economy of a government that suppresses and represses its people. However, Chinese workers are not the only workers who have to endure terrible conditions. Authors Arnold and Bowie continue about shops in El Salvador, "In the majority of companies, it is an obligation of the personnel to work overtime under the threat of firing or some other kind of reprisal" (Arnold and Bowie, DATE, 597). In Mexico, a 26-year-old worker notes, "I start out the shift okay, but after about three hours of work, I feel a lot of sharp pains in my fingers. It gets so bad that I can't hold the steering wheel correctly. But still the supervisors keep pressuring me to reach 100 percent of my production" (Arnold and Bowie, DATE, p. 597). Thus, workers face conditions that few American workers would stand for, but they have no rights and no recourse to change the situation."
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Sweatshops - Then and Now, 2002.
A look at the controversial issue of sweatshops from the 1900's till today.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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This paper examines the sweatshops in America. The writer compares the sweatshops in America at the turn of the century to the sweatshops today. It shows the disastrous social and financial side-effects of sweatshops and how not much has changed in the horrific conditions of employment.
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"America is known throughout the world to be the nation where people are treated fairly. It is the country in which workers can demand fair treatment and receive it. It is the nation where workers walk off the job and unionize to be sure they are treated well. It seems that America is the perfect place to work. This would be true if the country had rid itself at the turn of the century of its sweatshops. America had a large sweatshop problem at the turn of the century, within hundreds of thousands of workers in the garment industry being treated like sweatshop labor. Most of America was under the impression that those were closed down at the turn of the century, but in recent years it has come to the nation?s attention that sweatshops are still alive and thriving in the United States."
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Are Sweatshops Exploitative?, 2005.
Discusses the use of sweatshops by multinational corporations.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 7 sources, $ 115.95
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This paper examines multinational corporations' use of sweatshops. The paper discusses sweatshop employee abuses such as poor working conditions, inadequate factory ventilation, and low wages. The question remains: do sweatshops help curb the unemployment and poverty problems or do they contribute to it? This paper discusses the Nike Corporation and examines recent reports of employee mistreatment.
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"The contemporary state of the interdependent global economy has emerged with influential prosperity in the 21st century by creating both new business opportunities and challenges for businesses alike, particularly for multinational conglomerates seeking expansion overseas. With the spread of globalization trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the European Union (EU) are developing between countries around the world. Foreign direct investment has become increasingly seamless as trade barriers are lifted, tariffs are lowered, and foreign exchange rate risks are decreasing. North American corporations, in particular, are seeking to expand operations by moving manufacturing overseas while, at the same time, taking advantage of the much lower costs of labour."
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Sweatshops, 2004.
This paper argues that sweatshops, throughout history, are essential to the economy of country and to the persons working in the sweatshop.
775 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper declares that, without the slaves in the South, the country could not have built the global economic ties that benefited citizens around the globe. The author points out that, just as the railroad benefited from 'coolie' labor, the Chinese benefited from their slave-like labor for the railroad. The paper concludes that, while no company wants to admit that they participate in a chain of human suffering and hire people at such small wages, if these products were assembled or picked by full-wage or American union workers, the results would be stagnated sectors of the economy, creating economic hardship for a much larger sector than the small numbers who work in the fields or in Asian shoe shops.
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"In order to understand the necessary nature of these sweatshops, one must look at history and understand the utility basis of logical argumentation. Take the example of the Chinese Coolie labors working on the cross country railroad. Chinese men were immigrating to our nation during the 1850 and 1860 in large numbers. They were poor farmers because they did not understand the different agricultural products which would grow in the arid west, which would not grow in China. They needed to repay the coolie traders for their transport across the ocean."
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Sweatshops, 2006.
A discussion regarding sweatshops in the USA.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 1 source, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses the issue of the United States' economic interest to save money and it is human nature to reduce one's costs; but when and where should the line be drawn? Who is to blame for the existence of sweatshops, and what factors are involved in perpetuating the cycle of poverty in developed nations that leads to sweatshops? This paper examines the roots of the sweatshop phenomena, the various economic, political, social and human issues involved, and why a resolution to the problem, though difficult, is not beyond our reach.
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"A prominent trend in the historical and current economic climate is the outsourcing of once U.S.-based employment to foreign workers at geographically distant locations. The apparel industry, in particular the clothing and shoe-making businesses, is characterized by a subcontracting of work to foreign manufacturers in an attempt to cut costs and achieve dominance over other U.S. corporate giants. The inevitable result of his penny-pinching is the boom of sweatshops, a phenomenon stemming from the clothing industry in the mid-eighteen hundreds that remains prevalent today in our environment of capitalist globalization. "
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Levi Strauss Sweatshops, 2002.
An analysis of China's current use of "sweatshops" in order to keep up with international production demand, and Levi Strauss' involvement in this issue.
2,745 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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The ?free trade? and ?free trade zones? brought about by NAFTA and the World Trade Organization have returned many Chinese workers to conditions that are essentially sweatshops. This paper studies the case of Levi Strauss & Co.'s involvement in initially producing apparel manufactured in Chinese sweatshops, but when realizing their mistake, by claiming ignorance, went about to rectify the problem by initiating the first corporate code of responsible contracting. The paper also studies what brought about Levi's social consciousness.
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"China had been notorious for its exploitation of workers. And according to Trim Bissell, national coordinator, Campaign for Labor Rights, China?s ?repressive apparatus? made it impossible to find out about labor practices in that country. LS&CO should be given a black mark against them for being attracted by China?s cheap labor in the first place and therefore implying an acceptance and agreement to the sweatshop practices that abound in that country. But they also get positive points because they ultimately did endorse the set of principles, which they would not have done unless they recognized a need for some way to protect the rights of workers in their the factories to which they source. And because Levi Strauss & Company agreed to the set of principles as they relate to Chinese workers, they also have forbidden their Chinese facilities and suppliers (as part of the agreement within the principles) from ?engaging in any discriminatory practice against employees because of their participation in labor, political, or religious activities,? meaning they also want to make sure workers aren?t punished because the suppliers have to follow LS&CO?s code."
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Nike Sweatshops, 2002.
A discussion of the accusation that Nike Corporation produces shoes and clothing in foreign sweatshops.
1,040 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This page investigates the 1990 public criticism of Nike's use of sweatshops to produce its goods. It discusses the reasons why Nike was linked to sweatshops, whether charges and criticism is fair, and whether Nike has adjusted its policies. The paper describes different labor unions through Asia and Indochina.
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"During the past few years, the use of cheap foreign labor by major corporations, particularly the garment industries, have made headline news. Sweatshops are generally termed as factories where employees work long hours at low wages under very poor conditions. Sweatshops create handsome profits for companies, enabling them to spend millions of paid celebrity endorsements and other advertising. Nike, one of the world?s leading names in sport shoes and clothing, drew an avalanche of criticism during the mid-1990?s for its use of sweatshops."
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Sweatshops, 2003.
An investigation into sweatshops today and during the 1900s.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper investigates the clothing industry sweatshops in New York City and Los Angeles at present and in the early 1900s. The paper describes the poor working conditions, including low wages, long hours and often unsafe working environments. The paper also studies the labor patterns of immigrant women and children in the past and present. The paper concludes with a discussion about human rights violations associated with sweatshops.
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Sweatshops in China, 2006.
A discussion regarding the labor practices in Chinese sweatshops.
2,518 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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This paper presents a detailed examination of labor in China, focusing specifically on sweatshops and unions. The paper explores what a sweatshop is, why they still exist in China and what the American labor movement is doing to try and stop them.
Outline:
Introduction
The Outcry
Defining the Term
Focus on China
American Union Response
Chinese Worker Response
Conclusion
From the Paper
"While her case brought international attention to the issue there are hundreds of thousands of identical sweatshops throughout China employing many millions of men, women and children who are trapped in a cycle that they cannot break. The pay is so substandard that they often find they have to live with dozens of other people in a single home so that they can afford to buy food. Even given this effort the food that they can afford is often substandard therefore the nutritional needs are not being met. This cycle is difficult to break as they do not make enough money to provide for their families while they begin new jobs or careers. "
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Stopping Sweatshops, 2002.
An overview of the concept of sweatshops and how they abuse their workers with an emphasis on the practices of Nike.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper is about "sweatshops" and how they affect the workers that are employed. Nike is an example of a company that employs workers who work for under "living cost" wages. How many companies in the clothing business employ workers who do not make enough to live with the working conditions that are unsafe and unhealthy?
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Sweatshops and Steel Mills, 2002.
An overview and discussion of the similarities between of two case studies on sweatshops and steel mills.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 89.95
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This essay will argue that the labour experiences of these clearly distinct groups are clearly related in that both were subject to oppression by owners who were supported by a variety of social institutions such as the media, government and the police.
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Sweatshops in Third World Countries, 2004.
An overview of the growing problem of sweatshops in Third World countries and what the governments can do to stop them.
1,849 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper examines how cheap labor has always been appealing to corporations and how, as the business world becomes globalized, outsourcing work to countries such as Mexico, China, Korea, the Philippines, India, Africa, and Taiwan has become a common practice among companies from industrialized nations. It looks at how the lack of restrictive and costly government regulations overseas is very attractive to businesses because it provides a favorable bottom line and how this lack of regulation allows dangerous work environments to flourish.
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"Taiwan has long been famed for its transformation from a developing country to an industrial colossus, however, in recent years labor disputes at a Taiwanese-owned textile factory in impoverished Nicaragua has cast global attention on the island nation (Perrin Pp). Taiwan has set up scores of garment factories in Central America to produce goods for the American market, but management practices at these factories are said to seem as if they?re taken from the pages of a Dickens novel (Perrin Pp). According to Charles Kernaghan, executive director of the National Labor Committee, ?Taiwanese manufacturers have one of the worst reputations in the world regarding the treatment of workers? (Perrin Pp). A few of the abuses include obligatory overtime, physical violence, union busting and pregnancy tests as a condition for employment (Perrin Pp)."
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Sweatshops, 2006.
Examines how certain U.S. companies exploit globalization by using cheap labor in third-world countries.
3,184 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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Since the 1960s, apparel production has continued to shift away from organized workforces toward a younger and more exploitable labor pool, especially in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The paper shows that the wheels of globalization, which are helping drive this trend, pick up momentum when cash-strapped governments entice large corporations by offering incentives such as the blood and sweat of their own people. Brand names like Nike, Wal-Mart's Kathie Lee Gifford, and the Gap have become synonymous with images of young women working in "sweatshop" conditions throughout the world. Indeed, reports of first-hand testimony from a number of people who have lived and worked in such conditions as well as documentation from sweatshops around the world provide ample proof of these conditions. This paper provides an overview of how some companies in the United States have violated the fundamental human rights of its workers overseas in an attempt to improve their corporate bottom lines, and discusses the possible consequences of the globalization process in the future.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
What is A Multinational Corporation?
Trends in Globalization and the End of Nationally Based Cultures
Advantages of the Internet and Telecommunications for the Multinational Corporation
How Multinational Corporations are Exploiting Workers
Conclusion
Works Cited
From the Paper
"The greed demonstrated by Nike and other megacorporations which have exploited workers throughout the world is a short-term view of a global marketplace though. Beyond the overwhelming social and cultural issues at play (man should not exploit man as a natural law), it only makes good long-term business sense to provide better working conditions and wages for a company's workers overseas. As the standards of living improve throughout the world, the marketplace for everyone's good and services will increase proportionately. It is not inconceivable that some day soon, the people all over the world would enjoy a comparable standard of living, with the fundamental needs of mankind being met by the improvements in technology and overall increase of resources by virtue of this enhanced marketplace."
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