Sweatshops In Developing Countries

The argument for those that support the idea of sweatshops is that they provide some form of standard in living in an otherwise developing/poor company. Because these factories are mostly in poverty rich countries where it is hard to find any form of income, these job at least provide some source of income that would otherwise not be available. These arguments could be supported that the jobs help boost the developing countries. Sweatshops do not follow the standards and ethics of the parent company who they work for, rather they follow they local governments’ standards. But just because they do not have to follow local rules and regulations, does not mean that the multinational corporations can throw their ethics out the window as well. All companies in all countries is required to respect the human rights of workers(De George, p.174). Although corporations do not have a moral responsibility, individuals in corporations have a moral responsibility. Role responsibility is defined as, “… assuming a certain position, function, or role in society or an organization… that assumes special obligation”
These multinational corporations have the resource and assets needed in order to justify the actions going on at sweatshops. “… a multinational company has a positive obligation to set an example of ethics in business and to encourage the development of background institutions conducive to stability and to business practices that benefit the society as a whole” (De George, p.411). A Nike product should be viewed as a total product no matter who actually produced it and they should have a responsibility to make sure overseas manufactures are implementing safe working condition, just wages, and respecting human