Imagine a world where young children are tortured abused and treated like slaves to save their families, a world where people are forced to leave their houses and their history behind, imagine all your hard work being stolen from right under your feet. Just because this cannot be seen does not mean it is not happening. Transnational corporations are large multinational companies that operate in two or more counties who operate in so many different countries they essentially lose their identity with a specific nation. These large companies are slowly taking over the less developed nations by exploiting their people for hard and cheap labour especially using children, using up most of their natural resources and polluting their beautiful countries.
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Victoria secret uses young children from West Africa nation of Burkina Faso to pick cotton for their merchandise. thirteen year old Clarisse picked cotton while being beaten up by her owner. Her work conditions include working in 100 plus degree weather and no equipment. Clarisse is a foster child so she does not get paid or just gets one meal a day (Child Labour Coalition, 2012) This Company cannot spare a little money for this poor girl while making 5 billion dollars in annual sales. Walmart had 11 year old Bangladeshi kids work 95-110 hours a week while being beaten up, and tortured for a mere 6.5 cents an hour (Samsung Child Labour 2014). These companies believe they are helping these children and pulling them out of the gutter but no human being should suffer through this torture especially children. They only care about how much money they make at the end of the day and how they can make …show more content…
Exxon Mobile, a major oil company had leaked 10.9 gallons of oil into the waters of Alaska completely destroying the aquatic wild life in the area, they did not clean it up as they thought it was a single thin layer. (Corporate pollution, 2010) Shell has caused so much pollution in the tribal lands of Ogoni people due to its leaking rusted pipelines causing the people to leave their homes. (Criticisms of Transnational Corporations 2, 2011). There was a huge explosion at Union Carbide’s pesticide in Bhopal indie in 1984, which leaked toxic gas killing 3000 people and still affected several thousand due to the poison spreading everywhere ( Criticisms of Transnational Corporations 2, 2011). It is extremely sad that this can be compared to the Hiroshima bombing, a huge attack. Large multinational companies are creating problems that can be related to atomic bombings, that shows the utter destruction of these corporations. Nestle oil purchases its palm oil form 1O1, whose plantations cause rainforest destruction and displace communities in Indonesia and Malaysia. (The Public Eye Awards,
Victoria secret uses young children from West Africa nation of Burkina Faso to pick cotton for their merchandise. thirteen year old Clarisse picked cotton while being beaten up by her owner. Her work conditions include working in 100 plus degree weather and no equipment. Clarisse is a foster child so she does not get paid or just gets one meal a day (Child Labour Coalition, 2012) This Company cannot spare a little money for this poor girl while making 5 billion dollars in annual sales. Walmart had 11 year old Bangladeshi kids work 95-110 hours a week while being beaten up, and tortured for a mere 6.5 cents an hour (Samsung Child Labour 2014). These companies believe they are helping these children and pulling them out of the gutter but no human being should suffer through this torture especially children. They only care about how much money they make at the end of the day and how they can make …show more content…
Exxon Mobile, a major oil company had leaked 10.9 gallons of oil into the waters of Alaska completely destroying the aquatic wild life in the area, they did not clean it up as they thought it was a single thin layer. (Corporate pollution, 2010) Shell has caused so much pollution in the tribal lands of Ogoni people due to its leaking rusted pipelines causing the people to leave their homes. (Criticisms of Transnational Corporations 2, 2011). There was a huge explosion at Union Carbide’s pesticide in Bhopal indie in 1984, which leaked toxic gas killing 3000 people and still affected several thousand due to the poison spreading everywhere ( Criticisms of Transnational Corporations 2, 2011). It is extremely sad that this can be compared to the Hiroshima bombing, a huge attack. Large multinational companies are creating problems that can be related to atomic bombings, that shows the utter destruction of these corporations. Nestle oil purchases its palm oil form 1O1, whose plantations cause rainforest destruction and displace communities in Indonesia and Malaysia. (The Public Eye Awards,