It has been estimated that over twenty-one million victims of human trafficking are trapped worldwide. People usually associate human trafficking with sexual exploitation, but they may forget that it is also utilized in the business world. In fact, out of the estimated twenty-one million victims, fourteen million are of labor exploitation (“Eliminating Human Trafficking from the Global Business Landscape”) . Unfortunately, this leads to a dilemma for companies that may work with other businesses that happen to support human trafficking. Therefore, this paper is going to explore the question: Should American companies completely disconnect from international businesses that support or partake in human trafficking? In order to fully address
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Consumers have the same mindset as employers due to the fact that they want to pay the lowest price and receive the highest benefit (Wheaton 130). In order to maintain the low prices that consumers demand, firms are driven to employ trafficked victims. Essentially, human trafficking benefits their business by allowing the companies to maintain low prices and the consumers’ loyalty. Not only are the consumers content with the prices, they may not even be aware of any connection to human trafficking. Generally, consumers “do not know about the trafficked-labor content of their purchases” (Wheaton 130). Therefore, opponents to breaking with these businesses may believe that they should not stop if the consumers do not even know about the possible links to human trafficking. This suggests that what they do not know will not hurt …show more content…
For one, once American companies cut ties with those foreign businesses, they will spur them to reevaluate their participation in human trafficking. In addition, with the additional profits they would be earning from their positive reputation, the employees of American companies would also benefit. Instead of putting the business and its employees at risk by the chance of being linked to human trafficking practices, it would result in less worry about potentially losing their job and not being able to provide for the families. To go even further, taking a stand against human trafficking efforts would also “lead to stronger and more sustainable business relationships” (Hunter 15). Therefore, people even beyond the American companies would benefit as well. All in all, cutting ties with international companies that condone human trafficking is essential in order to achieve the greater good for not only the company, but for others as
Consumers have the same mindset as employers due to the fact that they want to pay the lowest price and receive the highest benefit (Wheaton 130). In order to maintain the low prices that consumers demand, firms are driven to employ trafficked victims. Essentially, human trafficking benefits their business by allowing the companies to maintain low prices and the consumers’ loyalty. Not only are the consumers content with the prices, they may not even be aware of any connection to human trafficking. Generally, consumers “do not know about the trafficked-labor content of their purchases” (Wheaton 130). Therefore, opponents to breaking with these businesses may believe that they should not stop if the consumers do not even know about the possible links to human trafficking. This suggests that what they do not know will not hurt …show more content…
For one, once American companies cut ties with those foreign businesses, they will spur them to reevaluate their participation in human trafficking. In addition, with the additional profits they would be earning from their positive reputation, the employees of American companies would also benefit. Instead of putting the business and its employees at risk by the chance of being linked to human trafficking practices, it would result in less worry about potentially losing their job and not being able to provide for the families. To go even further, taking a stand against human trafficking efforts would also “lead to stronger and more sustainable business relationships” (Hunter 15). Therefore, people even beyond the American companies would benefit as well. All in all, cutting ties with international companies that condone human trafficking is essential in order to achieve the greater good for not only the company, but for others as