Pros And Cons Of Abolishing Sweatshops

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Should Sweatshop Labor be abolished? A Sweatshop or sweat factory is defined by the US Department of Labour as a factory that violates two or more labour laws. Sweatshops often have poor working conditions, unfair wages, unreasonable hours, child labour, and lack of benefits for workers. In developing countries, an estimated 168 million children ages 5 to 14 are forced to work. Sweatshops have been a factor in the production of goods around the world for centuries, but the globalization of business has led increasing numbers of major corporations to take advantage of low-cost sweatshop labor in developing countries. Sweatshops: A Necessary Evil. I believe that sweatshops should not be banned. Sweatshops set up in third world countries hugely …show more content…

For every 100,000 transplant operations needed each year, only 10,000 are performed. Biomedical breakthroughs have greatly increased the capacity to perform successful transplants, increasing the demand for transplantable organs. But the supply of organs has not changed or increased. Every day, 18 people die because they are waiting for an organ. Like every other nation in the world apart from Iran, Singaporean law forbids the buying or selling of human body …show more content…

This includes selling one’s own organs. Proponents of the organs-for-sale scheme say that we have a moral duty to save lives and to reduce human suffering when it is in our capacity to do so. Naturally, cash payments will increase people's willingness to donate body parts, thereby increasing the supply. Legalizing organ trade would also be a great way to put a stop to illegal underground black markets that trade organs. Donors of blood, semen, and eggs, and volunteers for medical trials, are often compensated. Why not apply the same principle to organs? Legalizing the sale of organs would also prove to be a boost to a countries economy as it would become a medical

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