Cheap Labor Condition
Price Of A Cheap Suit
In our current Globalized economy, large US retailers have the access to exploit offshore cheap labor in order to get apparel to the racks of their stores. ‘The Price of A Cheap Suit’ is an article about the sweatshop conditions in third world companies such as Bangladesh where basic worker right conditions are not respected.
Large apparel companies do not want to be associated with offshore suppliers that violate basic human rights due to immense pressure from consumers and Non profit Organizations. An example given in the article states that “Shares of Inc tumbled through the late 1990s as a stream of reports emerged about poor working conditions at Nike Supplier factories in China and Vietnam”. This resulted in …show more content…
Unfortunately, it is not simple as making amends as factory owners have ‘stepped up their deceptions’. Living conditions in third world countries are terrible and factory workers have no choice but to work relentlessly in order to make a living. $2 might not seem like a lot of money for people living in Capitalized countries but makes a substantial difference for someone living in the third world. That is therefore the main problem in the article as change is not possible without everyone being on the same …show more content…
Retailers must work on their internal communication and reorganize their organizational strategies in order to change their process and procurements of goods. US retailers have to protect the rights of factory workers and therefore eliminate unrealistic purchasing of goods on their delivery schedules and give the workers more time and better compensation to improve their way of living. Companies place a lot unannounced audits but unannounced audits do not help if factory owners set up front operations to fool the inspectors. Retailers and their stakeholders must make initiatives to engage with local grassroots organizations in the city of the factories to create and identify an effective communicating channel with factory workers to bring their problems out to the surface where they can be helped by non-profit organizations such as Fair Labor Associations that are designed to help
In our current Globalized economy, large US retailers have the access to exploit offshore cheap labor in order to get apparel to the racks of their stores. ‘The Price of A Cheap Suit’ is an article about the sweatshop conditions in third world companies such as Bangladesh where basic worker right conditions are not respected.
Large apparel companies do not want to be associated with offshore suppliers that violate basic human rights due to immense pressure from consumers and Non profit Organizations. An example given in the article states that “Shares of Inc tumbled through the late 1990s as a stream of reports emerged about poor working conditions at Nike Supplier factories in China and Vietnam”. This resulted in …show more content…
Unfortunately, it is not simple as making amends as factory owners have ‘stepped up their deceptions’. Living conditions in third world countries are terrible and factory workers have no choice but to work relentlessly in order to make a living. $2 might not seem like a lot of money for people living in Capitalized countries but makes a substantial difference for someone living in the third world. That is therefore the main problem in the article as change is not possible without everyone being on the same …show more content…
Retailers must work on their internal communication and reorganize their organizational strategies in order to change their process and procurements of goods. US retailers have to protect the rights of factory workers and therefore eliminate unrealistic purchasing of goods on their delivery schedules and give the workers more time and better compensation to improve their way of living. Companies place a lot unannounced audits but unannounced audits do not help if factory owners set up front operations to fool the inspectors. Retailers and their stakeholders must make initiatives to engage with local grassroots organizations in the city of the factories to create and identify an effective communicating channel with factory workers to bring their problems out to the surface where they can be helped by non-profit organizations such as Fair Labor Associations that are designed to help