Fallacies on Sweatshop
Part 1: Intellectual Standards-
“The vast majority of Transterra’s college apparel is manufactured in a factory in Honduras which employs primarily women and children who operate under horrific conditions.” The author is violating the intellectual standards of precision and breadth. The author does not provide enough details to emphasis that the company employs primarily women and children. It could be possible that everyone has a different meaning to horrific conditions. In other countries it is a daily culture to see females and young children in work environments. Therefore, we must be opened minded about other cultures on their point of view in the labor industry.
“According to a recent report by the WorldWeave Foundation, a nonprofit organization funded by American garments workes’ unions..” On this statement the author violates the intellectual standard of accuracy. First of all, the author does not provide credible information on the WorldWeave Foundation. It creates a questionable reason for the reader to start asking whether the information provided by this organization is true. In addition, usually organizations have facts or ties to back up their credibility.
World Weave observers noticed some children who appeared to be as young as eleven or twelve working with dangerous fabric cutting machines- in spite of local laws that prohibit anyone under the age of fourteen from doing factory work.” Once again the author is violating the intellectual standard of accuracy. We need to ask whether this information is accurate. Appearance cannot be a reasonable fact that we can rely on. In addition, “appeared” is an assumption stated by the author.
There are two things we can do to put an end to this exploitation. We can demand that Cromwell obtain its logo merchandise only from garment companies with socially responsible labor practices, and we can refuse to wear or purchase any Cromwell clothing until the college switches to an acceptable apparel
“The vast majority of Transterra’s college apparel is manufactured in a factory in Honduras which employs primarily women and children who operate under horrific conditions.” The author is violating the intellectual standards of precision and breadth. The author does not provide enough details to emphasis that the company employs primarily women and children. It could be possible that everyone has a different meaning to horrific conditions. In other countries it is a daily culture to see females and young children in work environments. Therefore, we must be opened minded about other cultures on their point of view in the labor industry.
“According to a recent report by the WorldWeave Foundation, a nonprofit organization funded by American garments workes’ unions..” On this statement the author violates the intellectual standard of accuracy. First of all, the author does not provide credible information on the WorldWeave Foundation. It creates a questionable reason for the reader to start asking whether the information provided by this organization is true. In addition, usually organizations have facts or ties to back up their credibility.
World Weave observers noticed some children who appeared to be as young as eleven or twelve working with dangerous fabric cutting machines- in spite of local laws that prohibit anyone under the age of fourteen from doing factory work.” Once again the author is violating the intellectual standard of accuracy. We need to ask whether this information is accurate. Appearance cannot be a reasonable fact that we can rely on. In addition, “appeared” is an assumption stated by the author.
There are two things we can do to put an end to this exploitation. We can demand that Cromwell obtain its logo merchandise only from garment companies with socially responsible labor practices, and we can refuse to wear or purchase any Cromwell clothing until the college switches to an acceptable apparel