Child labor has been considered a serious moral issue that greatly affects the lives of many children around the world. Child labor is morally wrong since it violates the dignity and disregards the rights of a child. It also emphasizes that children should not work, no matter how poverty struck their families might be. There are many different types and forms of children labor, this involves children being enslaved, separated from their families they are usually exposed to serious hazards and illnesses, in many cases children are left to fend for themselves at a young age.
Their children have to face very difficult circumstance, for example, full-time work at a young age. Excessive working hours also leads to psychological, verbal, physical …show more content…
The young children were implied by Nike to stitch together footballs by hand in Pakistan and Cambodia. This information affected their brand and as a result, they lost customers, therefore, sales and they have changed their labor force to over 16s however there is no real knowing this statement is true.
In our opinion, they should eliminate child labor by seeing that any workers under the age of 16 are provided with a stipend to go back to school and are guaranteed their jobs back when they are of legal working …show more content…
Workers in the factories were exposed to toluene which is known to cause damage to the liver, kidneys and central nervous system. In an inspection report that was prepared in January for the company's internal use only, Ernst & Young wrote that workers at the factory near Ho Chi Minh City were exposed to carcinogens that exceeded local legal standards by 177 times in parts of the plant and that 77 percent of the employees suffered from respiratory problems.
In our opinion, Nike should immediately implement all of the recommendations made by Vietnam’s Health Department to improve the health and safety conditions at Nike factories. Other than that they should also make public a list of accidents and work-related illnesses that have affected workers in the past three years, what measures have been taken to prevent them, and how workers were compensated. Apart from that, they can undertake a health and safety review of factories with regard to dust and noise pollution, heat, fumes and congestion and provide companies with a 6-month plan to improve conditions. Compensation fund should be set up for workers who are injured or killed on the
Their children have to face very difficult circumstance, for example, full-time work at a young age. Excessive working hours also leads to psychological, verbal, physical …show more content…
The young children were implied by Nike to stitch together footballs by hand in Pakistan and Cambodia. This information affected their brand and as a result, they lost customers, therefore, sales and they have changed their labor force to over 16s however there is no real knowing this statement is true.
In our opinion, they should eliminate child labor by seeing that any workers under the age of 16 are provided with a stipend to go back to school and are guaranteed their jobs back when they are of legal working …show more content…
Workers in the factories were exposed to toluene which is known to cause damage to the liver, kidneys and central nervous system. In an inspection report that was prepared in January for the company's internal use only, Ernst & Young wrote that workers at the factory near Ho Chi Minh City were exposed to carcinogens that exceeded local legal standards by 177 times in parts of the plant and that 77 percent of the employees suffered from respiratory problems.
In our opinion, Nike should immediately implement all of the recommendations made by Vietnam’s Health Department to improve the health and safety conditions at Nike factories. Other than that they should also make public a list of accidents and work-related illnesses that have affected workers in the past three years, what measures have been taken to prevent them, and how workers were compensated. Apart from that, they can undertake a health and safety review of factories with regard to dust and noise pollution, heat, fumes and congestion and provide companies with a 6-month plan to improve conditions. Compensation fund should be set up for workers who are injured or killed on the