ASA 141
Week 4
As Holstein says, "in a global economy, it's hard to know who made your gift-- and under what conditions". When buying merchandise from clothes to daily objects, we consider many factors: practicality, style, price, etc. One factor that we tend to overlook is the conditions of its production. We rarely think about who made a certain object, where it was made, and how it was made. However, this is something that is quite crucial to consider. This article focuses on how many companies outsource and get their products created at a much cheaper price. As a result, many employees are unfairly treated as they are paid less than ideal wages and are forced to be productive in filthy workplaces. These companies are ones we see everyday from Guess to Nike to Disney, and there are still so many more.
Although people tend to overlook these working conditions when buying products, it is something that most people have knowledge of. So this article did not surprise me much, but it did make me re-evaluate my shopping decisions. I want to buy from companies that do not support sweatshops and child labor, and in order to do so, I need to do more research on the companies I regularly buy from. I believe everyone should do the same.
In the beginning of the article, Holstein wonders if kids would hold back from buying or wanting certain items if they knew how they were made. However, I think this is an important question for everyone. Would you buy items KNOWING they were created by child laborers or someone who was forced to work overtime while only getting paid less than a dollar an hour?
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