CASE 10. 2 CHILD LABOR: OPPORTUNITY OR ExPLOITATION? 11 In an ITV undercover UK

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CASE 10. 2 CHILD LABOR: OPPORTUNITY OR ExPLOITATION? 11 In an ITV undercover UK documentary, Bangladesh factories producing clothes for British retailers were forcing young girls to work up to eleven hours where they were physically and verbally abused. Some of these thirteen-year-olds were slapped, kicked, and attacked with a used fabric five hours, as well as allowing employees mistreating workers, especially those younger employees. roll. Bangladesh employmen t laws prohibit anyone under age eighteen working more than Uzbekistan also uses child labor for its cotton harvest, which many U.S. suppliers look the other way or claim they are inspecting the facilities or will not use them. However, this is not always the case. The Uzbeki istan government denies the charges In addition, the China Labor Watch (CLW) allegedly discovered ten children working for Samsung Electronics and the Lenovo Group, which is denying it, even though, according to the CLW, this is the second time they found underage workers employed at these companies. Child workers were also found working at Foxconn, the trade name of the Taiwanese company, Hon Har Precision Industry, who supplies technology firms such as Apple. In addition, CLW found other multinational firms engaging in this same practice of using underage children for their manufacturing plants. Yet, one fourteen-year-old told a reporter that she had to work to eat. Some even argue that allowing these children the opportunity to work in manufacturing plants may be better than low-poverty families forcing their children into more illicit acts such as drug selling, prostitution, or other crimes. 360 CONDUCTING BUSINESS ETHICALLY

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I would not do business with a supplier whose products are dramatically lower in price and they were using child labour.

Beacuse child labour is a crime. The industries exploited the children who is working under age. The children have to do more works and they are beaten and physically abused by the owner. But it is also true that children under age have to work for food otherwise there family forcing their Children into more illicit acts such as prostitution. This happened due to failure of government action. For these government have to implement various policies so that exploitation of child labour is stopped.

Instead of do business i will inform the country's goverment of supplier who is using child labour.

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