U.S. and Host Countries Outsourcing Problem

Many people have mixed thoughts and feelings about the principle of

outsourcing being good in the U.S. and host countries. This brings up the

idea, should the U.S. continue with minimal regulation if there are no issues?

Should one think to keep minimal regulations or actually reform to stricter

regulations? How does outsourcing effect the U.S.? If taken in perspective,

outsourcing effects should be analyzed. Cheaper products for U.S. citizens,

profits and revenues, and economic gains might be ideal for some however,

many look over the negative effects concerning the same ideals. In fact,

influential articles by Tom Hayden and Charles Kernaghan, "Pennies an Hour

and No Way Up", Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's, "Two Cheers for

Sweatshops", complicate matters further when they write that outsourcing affects

the U.S. in a negative perspective. As they argue negative issues about cheap

labor, loss of jobs in the U.S., working conditions, economic markets,

enviromental issues, and huge profit corporations, more regulations need to be

enforced. Economic disaster will result if outsourcing continues on the same path

with minimal regulations. Old practices need to be addressed and the

government needs to step up for more strict regulations.

While cheap products and labor for the U.S. companies may be a

positive, one must take in perspective the negatives of unsafe working conditions

because of inhumane overseas labor. According to Kristof and WuDunn, "Some

managers are brutal in the way they house workers in firetraps, expose children

to dangerous chemicals, deny bathroom breaks, demand sexual favors,

force people to work double shifts or dismiss anyone who tries to organize a

union."(1...

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...d bring the pollution down and protect the

enviroment.

With all the arguments and facts, the essay should give you a boarder

outlook on outsourcing and the minimal regulations. Although cheaper products

for U.S. citizens, profits and revenues, and economic gains might be ideal for

some, outsourcing still has a lot of negative issues that outweigh the good.

Disaster is inevitable if the U.S. continues on its current outsourcing path. The

issues and arguments by Tom Hayden, Charles Kernaghan, Nicholas Kristof,

and Sheryl WuDunn of cheap labor, lost of jobs in the U.S., unsafe working

conditions, economic markets, enviromental pollution issues, and huge profit

corporations need to be addressed. The government needs to enforce more

strict regulations in order to avoid disaster. The only way this can happen is

if you the reader take a stand on it!