Etics and Sex Trafficking in Australia
Executive Summary
In Australia, the high and ongoing demand for young Asian sex workers, in excess of local supply, creates a market opportunity for sex traffickers in women and children from countries like Thailand, Philippines, China and Cambodia. One reliable source estimates the Australian trafficking industry nets approximately Australian $1 million per week to the organizers’ of the trade.
This term paper examines the global trade of the trafficking of women into the sex industry from a business ethics standpoint. The subject of sex trafficking is analyzed not as a topic in itself but with the use of the only known case of a conviction related to trafficking in Australia: that of Gary Glazner. This sex trafficker and brothel keeper was convicted of importing and imprisoning Thai women until they repaid their debt to him for sponsoring their illegal entry into Australia through the provision of sexual services.
The paper opens with a case history, the purpose of which is to give the reader an overview of the nature of the sex trafficking industry in Australia.
The paper then analyzes the problem of sex trafficking with the use of ethical reasoning, the Stakeholder Management Approach, the five ethical decision-making principles and lastly, the four ethical decision making styles.
The third portion of the paper, entitled “limitations and assumptions” sets out the various boundaries under which the analysis was informed by, including various definitions of what composes of sex trafficking and sexual slavery with respect to the laws of Australia. It also discusses the difficulties in reaching consensus on the extent of the problem in Australia; explains the difference between prostitution, which is legal in Australia and slavery and sexual servitude and suggests reasons why, to date, there have been no prosecutions of traffickers under the Commonwealth Criminal Code.
Lastly, conclusions and recommendations are formed in light of the analysis of the issue
In Australia, the high and ongoing demand for young Asian sex workers, in excess of local supply, creates a market opportunity for sex traffickers in women and children from countries like Thailand, Philippines, China and Cambodia. One reliable source estimates the Australian trafficking industry nets approximately Australian $1 million per week to the organizers’ of the trade.
This term paper examines the global trade of the trafficking of women into the sex industry from a business ethics standpoint. The subject of sex trafficking is analyzed not as a topic in itself but with the use of the only known case of a conviction related to trafficking in Australia: that of Gary Glazner. This sex trafficker and brothel keeper was convicted of importing and imprisoning Thai women until they repaid their debt to him for sponsoring their illegal entry into Australia through the provision of sexual services.
The paper opens with a case history, the purpose of which is to give the reader an overview of the nature of the sex trafficking industry in Australia.
The paper then analyzes the problem of sex trafficking with the use of ethical reasoning, the Stakeholder Management Approach, the five ethical decision-making principles and lastly, the four ethical decision making styles.
The third portion of the paper, entitled “limitations and assumptions” sets out the various boundaries under which the analysis was informed by, including various definitions of what composes of sex trafficking and sexual slavery with respect to the laws of Australia. It also discusses the difficulties in reaching consensus on the extent of the problem in Australia; explains the difference between prostitution, which is legal in Australia and slavery and sexual servitude and suggests reasons why, to date, there have been no prosecutions of traffickers under the Commonwealth Criminal Code.
Lastly, conclusions and recommendations are formed in light of the analysis of the issue
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