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Globalization

Sweatshops in the News

***** article "Fixing Apple's 'sweatshop' woes" shows how entrenched sweatshop merchandise has become in American society. *****s want *****ir technology, their clothing, and even the foods they enjoy as cheap ***** possible, and ***** do not want to know about the conditions that o*****rs have to endure to make those products possible. This article describes how globalizing the manufacture of many goods has caused their prices to fall dramatically, and alleges ***** Apple's iPod is manufactured in sweatshop conditions by underpaid and overworked employees who make about $50 a month. It seems that Apple contracts out the manufacture of parts to a company ***** China, who "turned a $1.2 billion profit on $28.4 billion in sales ***** 2005," to become the world's largest electronics manufacturer, according to the article.

Apple ***** investigating the allegations, and the ***** notes they ***** one of the highest standards for suppliers in ***** electronics industry. The article also notes that many people are watching the allegations closely, and that Apple's founder, Steve Jobs, is "socially conscious," and so ********** expect Apple will take action when it finishes its investigation. The ***** also speculates that ***** could go through public relations problems about their practices, ***** that it could even create shortages of some Apple *****ems if the sweatshop ***** is removed from ***** Chinese company and built elsewhere. Finally, the article suggests that Apple should build ***** own plant in China, where they can regulate the workers themselves and make sure ***** do not live ***** work in such harsh conditions.

It seems hard to believe ***** these ***** still exist around the world today. It also is hard to understand how companies can ***** advantage of human beings that way, and that they justify it by making profits. Americans should take more of an interest in underst*****d*****g just what *****es into manufacturing the ***** they use every day. Perhaps if ***** people actually took an interest in these global issues, and ref*****d to buy products from ***** who employ these sweatshop methods in other countries, the conditions would improve and ***** would not be forced to ***** in sweatshop conditions.

References

*****, A. (2006). ***** Apple's "sweatshop" woes. Retrieved from the Globalexchange.org Website: http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/sweatshops/4010.html6 Jan.