In Defense Of International Sweatshops Analysis

Waking up in the morning knowing that you have a corporate job working from nine to five must be the best feeling ever right? If your job requires you to stay after your eight hour shift, the time in a half pay for overtime must be nice too. Well not everybody has the luxury to say the same. As we know in the United States, most of our everyday products that we use are made overseas. Most of what we buy is from developing countries and is grown and manufactured by workers whose rights were ignored and who were not paid minimum wage. Workers in developing countries were exposed dangerous machinery, hazardous chemicals and they were also forced to work unreasonable overtime hours with few or no benefits. These types of conditions are solely …show more content…
In his article In Defense of International Sweatshops, “He examines and rejects the idea that sweatshops pay unconscionable wages, that they impoverish local workers and widen the pay gap between rich and poor, and that American companies collude with oppressive regimes that stifle dissent and repress workers. Arguing that interfering with market can have terrible results, he concludes not only that paying market wages in developing countries is morally permissible but also that it may be morally wrong for companies to pay wages that exceed market level.” pg. 187.  In Maitland’s article, he believes that foreign countries that operate sweatshops do not pay their workers bad wages. A wage is considered bad when a employee cannot substantially provide for his or her family. In 1992, Indonesian supplier provided a pay stub of their employee which informed the public that they were only getting paid a rate of $1.03 per day. Pg. 190. This rate was reported less than the Indonesian government’s figure for minimum physical need. The employees at the Indonesian sweatshop would be bringing …show more content…
I believe otherwise, because how is it morally right to pay employees working 16+ hours only a few cents. While in the United States federal minimum wage is $7.25. Workers in sweatshops get paid less then what they're suppose to receive. They receive amounts that are barely enough to survive on even lower cost living countries. How can a person believe that paying a wage that is above market level is morally wrong, when they're not the one in those employees shoes. How is it wrong to pay workers what they deserve, I am sure if such act like this were happening in major automotive companies like GM and Ford people would raise hell. I believe that big companies take advantage of sweatshop employees because they are in need of any type of income. In big companies minds they believe that they can get over on sweatshop employees because they lack the knowledge to understand that what they're dealing with is morally and ethically wrong. “Companies are not charity organizations and are inevitably subjected to market mechanisms, but this does not mean that they can maximize their profits without regard for the well-being of sweatshop