Are Global Sweatshops Ethical?

Global sweatshops are an issue that is viewed in different ways across the globe. As a nation we have the power of controlling what is allowed and not allowed on our own soil. However when we start to control what other countries are allowed to do, matters get a little more difficult. In third-world countries sweatshops are viewed as beneficial factories where people can earn enough money to survive. Whereas in America, sweatshops are used …showed first 75 words of 1044 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1044 total…a Chinese proverb goes, "First comes the bitterness, then there is sweetness and wealth and honor for 10,000 years." REFERENCES: Hearts & Minds Foundation. Advocacy Organizations page. Available at: http://www.heartsandminds.org/links/sweatlinks.htm. Accessed October 4, 2005. The NY Times. Two Cheers for Sweatshops. Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000924mag-sweatshops.html. Accessed October 4, 2005. Archdiocese of Newark. Knowledge of Sweatshops. Available at: http://www.rcan.org/humanconcerns/sweatshoptruefalse.htm. Accessed October 4, 2005.