SOC102H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Herding, Shell Corporation, Corporate Crime
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Conflict between employer (pay lowest possible wages and spend little on working conditions) and employee (receive highest wages and best working conditions as possible) Privileged capitalist class exploited the working class for profits and social dominance. Are high rates of unemployment or underemployment necessary> Modern workplace is more complex than in the times of marx, weber, durkheim modern legislature about relationship between workers, managers, and owners is more complex. Isolating them from their work, products of their work, coworkers, and even themselves: when workers become aware of their exploitation, they take action to resist oppression or channel their frustration in other directions (ex. Mobilizing for action, workers form unions to meet their needs. Like sex and age, work status is a defining feature of all social life. Argue that poverty and inequality serve important purposes in society. Inequality under capitalism is a graded ladder of people with different occupational roles and income levels.
