What kinds of unethical and illegal kinds of behaviors do high-tech sweatshop companies engage in? What criteria should these companies use to decide if they are treating their overseas employees fairly? How would you characterize the stance on social responsibility of companies that function as body shops? In what ways can developing an ethical approach to managing outsourcing – whether inside the United States or in countries abroad – affect the well-being and performance of both employees and the companies they work for? Unethical or illegal behaviors such as deceit, blackmail, abuse, greed, theft, child labor, and misrepresentation are just a few of a long list of behaviors high-tech sweatshops indulge in. Greed leads to most of the other actions. Profits can be made without unethical behavior.
High-Tech sweatshops promote the use of child labor from which they benefit. Desiring to improve quality of life and improve earning conditions that do away the need for child labor, these companies should pay a higher than local wage, yet still profiting, and require age limitations for employees. Some cultures accept the concept that children are born to support the parent. These concepts can be changed over time when the parent is offered a life supporting wage available only to adults. There would not be a need for the parent to require a child to work for them. Companies utilizing overseas labor should assist locals with establishing schools to improve next generation’s earning abilities and become a larger resource.
The Term Paper on Child Labor: A Perspective
The current world population stands at over 7 million, out of which around 26.3% is below the age of 15. According to International Labour Organization, more than 215 million children of this age group have been employed in various economic activities. Child Labour across the world ranges from petty domestic helps to workers in Hazardous industries and even prostitution. Its occurrence is ...
To reap higher profit off a person unable, but trying, to improve their stature in life is despicable; promise them the world, manipulate and threaten once in the spider’s clutch. Anytime low-cost outsourced service is offered, it should be suspect of labor abuse, particularly if the foreign employee is under a work visa. A good company should be able to offer a stable of techs (specialization and volume) for cheaper than the outsourcing companies own in-house techs but yet remain ethical. The outsourcing company has the responsibility to acknowledge the service, with the benefits of low-cost labor they enjoy, needs to be investigated and approved by the board of directors to ensure ethics and legality are in place before contracting the service. Turning a blind eye and pretending that they had nothing to do with anything illegal or unethical because “they didn’t know” is just as unethical as the body shop’s behaviors.
Body shops can be starved out if they are not used. Whenever ethics is performed, the trickle down is automatic within the company, the local community, the business community, and eventually the global community. When a society holds a higher standard for acceptable values and behaviors, as well as demonstrates these norms, then the society’s culture and expectations are raised. Good behavior can be more desirable because of the feel good concept where trust and thoughtfulness take place of greed and avarice.
