4. General population – need to be more aware as consumers
Notes: American companies that produce goods and profit from the abusive exploitation of slave labor (i.e.: Apple, Hershey (chocolate), and Patagonia (clothing company). As consumers, we need to be more attentive to the manufactured goods that we purchase. We, unknowingly, contribute to the continued practice of modern slavery by purchasing products in the supermarket, as well as in the malls.
• “From cell phones to fast food to clothing, so many of the companies we support with our dollars each day, week, month, and year sell goods produced at least in part by individuals who have been enslaved in the name of profit…just because a product is marked “Made in America” doesn’t guarantee …show more content…
– multibillion-dollar corporation that perpetuates modern-day slavery – uses slave labor to produce the expensive technological devices nearly every American uses on a daily basis.
• In the last decade, Apple has become one of the mightiest, richest and most successful companies in the world…as well as dozens of other American industries…However, the workers assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices often labor in harsh conditions… Problems are as varied as onerous work environments and serious, sometimes deadly, safety problems. Employees work excessive overtime, in some cases seven days a week, and live in crowded dorms. Some say they stand so long that their legs swell until they can hardly walk.”
Footnote: Charles Duhigg, and David Barboza, "In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an IPad," The New York Times, (January 25, 2012), accessed January 10, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?_r=0.
Hershey …show more content…
Bibliography: "Patagonia’s Mission Statement." Patagonia Company Information: Our Reason for Being. Accessed February 12, 2016. http://www.patagonia.com/us/patagonia.go?assetid=2047.
• “All of these suppliers are desperately trying to find ways to cut costs. The only thing they have substantial control over is labor.”
• “The problems stemmed from how those mills found the people to work their factory lines. They didn’t hire workers themselves and instead turned to so-called labor brokers. These labor brokers charged migrants exorbitant, often illegally high fees in exchange for jobs…Suppliers would open bank accounts into which the workers deposited their paychecks, so that fees for labor brokers could be automatically deducted. Workers’ movements were also restricted through the confiscation of passports. The recruitment and hiring process used by many labor brokers can create a cycle of fear and debt that leaves workers neither able to leave their jobs nor to make a decent
Notes: American companies that produce goods and profit from the abusive exploitation of slave labor (i.e.: Apple, Hershey (chocolate), and Patagonia (clothing company). As consumers, we need to be more attentive to the manufactured goods that we purchase. We, unknowingly, contribute to the continued practice of modern slavery by purchasing products in the supermarket, as well as in the malls.
• “From cell phones to fast food to clothing, so many of the companies we support with our dollars each day, week, month, and year sell goods produced at least in part by individuals who have been enslaved in the name of profit…just because a product is marked “Made in America” doesn’t guarantee …show more content…
– multibillion-dollar corporation that perpetuates modern-day slavery – uses slave labor to produce the expensive technological devices nearly every American uses on a daily basis.
• In the last decade, Apple has become one of the mightiest, richest and most successful companies in the world…as well as dozens of other American industries…However, the workers assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices often labor in harsh conditions… Problems are as varied as onerous work environments and serious, sometimes deadly, safety problems. Employees work excessive overtime, in some cases seven days a week, and live in crowded dorms. Some say they stand so long that their legs swell until they can hardly walk.”
Footnote: Charles Duhigg, and David Barboza, "In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an IPad," The New York Times, (January 25, 2012), accessed January 10, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/ieconomy-apples-ipad-and-the-human-costs-for-workers-in-china.html?_r=0.
Hershey …show more content…
Bibliography: "Patagonia’s Mission Statement." Patagonia Company Information: Our Reason for Being. Accessed February 12, 2016. http://www.patagonia.com/us/patagonia.go?assetid=2047.
• “All of these suppliers are desperately trying to find ways to cut costs. The only thing they have substantial control over is labor.”
• “The problems stemmed from how those mills found the people to work their factory lines. They didn’t hire workers themselves and instead turned to so-called labor brokers. These labor brokers charged migrants exorbitant, often illegally high fees in exchange for jobs…Suppliers would open bank accounts into which the workers deposited their paychecks, so that fees for labor brokers could be automatically deducted. Workers’ movements were also restricted through the confiscation of passports. The recruitment and hiring process used by many labor brokers can create a cycle of fear and debt that leaves workers neither able to leave their jobs nor to make a decent