PHIL 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Nomic, Living Wage, Developing Country
30 Aug 2018
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The intentional violation of the legal rights of workers in the interest of eco- nomic efficiency is fundamentally incompatible with the duty of mnes to respect workers. It is inconsistent for an mne to permit the violation of the legal rights of workers while at the same time it demands that its own rights be protected. Psychological coercion in sweatshops is widely spread. Workers choose to work in sweatshops because the alternatives available to them are worse. However, once they are employed, coercion is often used to ensure that they will work long overtime hours and meet production quotas. Most common workplace hazard is fire safety. A failure to implement appropriate safeguards means that employers are treating their employees as disposable tools rather than as beings with unique dignity. One of the most controversial issues concerning sweatshops is the demand that employers raise the wages of employees in order to provide a "living wage. "
