About Us |  | Gallery   

BUSINESSES

 Nike | Wal-Mart | Disney | Others

     "The cheaper something is to make, the bigger profit one can get." Many businesses believe this, no matter how adversely they affect others. With this type of thinking, businesses try to reduce their cost of production by employing people at low wages and for many hours. In the United States, it is unlikely that businesses are able to open up many sweatshops because the laws are strict, people are educated, and people know that there are jobs that would pay more. But in third world countries, it is a different story. Poor countries are unable to provide neither monetary support nor federally funded benefits for those in need like welfare in the United States. Therefore, the only solution is to allow children to work to support their families or to starve or live without a home.

Source: Foster, 1996.

Library of Congress

Home | CAUSES | Effects | Rights | Reflections | Support | Interactive
References | Site Map