SOSC 2351 Study Guide - Final Guide: Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Cultural Relativism, Alibris

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Foreign investments in extractive industries have contributed to high economic growth rates but growth has not converted to significant reductions in poverty or improvements in health and employment for the general population. A world of globalization brings with it powerful western states that coerce/convince developing countries into adopting western recommendations on regulation to attain large profits. The business brought from these states/corporations the labour standards in the developing countries are unregulated and hardly implemented. Poverty amongst these populations is often high which means that people are ready to accept a low wage offered by international corporations. Deregulation is a crucial mitigating factor as to why western powers move overseas to open new ventures or facilities: position (thesis): In this paper i will be writing about the various human labor rights that are violated in developing countries and the contradicting stance of states that inflict these violations.