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7-1 Discussion Sweatshops

7-1 Discussion Sweatshops

Q In this discussion, you will read and respond to an article from The New York Times on sweatshops: Two Cheers for Sweatshops. Also, the following two resources will provide more background information to assist with the discussion. Read the article In Many Chinese Factories, Loss of Fingers and Low Pay and watch the video Apple Chinese Factory Foxconn Nightline (the captioned version of this video can be found here). In your initial post, address the following: • After reading the articles, did your impression of sweatshops change? Explain. • Do you agree or disagree that sweatshops are a vital part of the global economy? Explain and consider the impact of globalization in your response. • If you were the CEO of a corporation, would you consider using sweatshops as part of your strategy? Explain why or why not. Consider the concept of a CSR filter as you respond to this question

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After reading the articles, my impression of sweatshops did change to a certain extent. This is because of the aspect that I had a negative picture and a bad impression about sweatshops. However, after watching the video I realized that sweatshops are not that bad to run or operate or to work in. This is because the video indicated that underdeveloped countries like the African nations can make money from the running of sweatshops as the investment to run sweatshops is quite less compared to setting up of a factory.