The Pros And Cons Of Sweatshops

The definition of “sweatshop” remains largely interpreted differently by many people or governments. According to Barbara Sullivan, Tribune, a staff writer at the Chicago tribune describes a swetshop as any factory run under complete authority by overseers, doused by dangerous and unhealthy working conditions, and long hours with very low wages/pay. The world has also come to view a sweatshop, as an entity which employs and exploits child labour, to work in horrendous conditions. Contrary to popular belief many developed , have at some point engaged in sweatshop production facilities large scale production. In today’s modern world a major portion of the world’s remaining sweatshops are located in and around parts of Asia and other developing(poor) nations. As more countries seek to end this long-standing tradition of fostering slave labor, has led to a reconsideration of the ethical practices being examined and have becomes increasingly important issue in the business world(2012).

From the perspective of a business owner, sweatshops are lucrative since they exploit on low-wage labor in developing countries which leads to significantly lower business cost and in turn increase profit margins. Although many major clothing and footwear companies, have been linked to sweatshops, brands such as Gap, Nike, and so on , have all been guilty of numerous violations of reasonable working conditions in their production facilities in most parts of Asia. All of their headquarters and customer bases are located in the developing world, while the manufacturing and production processes are executed in developing countries(mostly Asia). Although majority of people believe that sweat shops are clothing companies, the rise of the digital and...

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... of life sweatshop factory worker. Her experienced was published by several newspaper in North America. Her article in the Daily Mail, UK (2013), she reveals how back-breaking work and appalling conditions faced by children as young as nine have to deal with on a daily basis. Staff worked from 9am to 9pm with only a lunch break. The girls tasked with snipping off threads from the men's shirts being made, had to sit cross legged in the middle of the floor. She explains how the children were “Haunched over hour after hour, squinted at the threads, cleaned one collar after another, one cuff after another, one arm piece after another until the piles were depleted”. Like many young factory workers, Meem was taken out of school when her family ran into hardship. With her mother pregnant and unable to work, the family needed herto help boost the income of her household.