Child Labor and Outsourcing
Major corporations use alternative ways to make their products; usually at a lower cost than what the product is actually worth. When major corporations feel that they’re not making enough profits by making products in their own country, they might move their factories into many developing countries such as in Asia. This is called outsourcing and by definition, it is subcontracting a service such as product design or manufacturing, to a third-party company (Wikipedia). The problem with outsourcing is that many of the locals in Asia force children to work. These children know they’re getting paid at a very low rate but they have no other choice because it’s better than nothing. Not only kids but also the older people know that they’re getting paid close to nothing however they feel that they’re getting paid enough to live. When they make a product, they send it over to the host country of the corporation where the product gets sold for much more than a hundred times the price (for example if the worker got paid 8 cents to make a pair of shoes when they were sold for more than 50 dollars). Almost all of the children that are forced to work live under the poverty line and not much action has been taken on such matters. Here are some links that you may look at reference to help you research:
Helpful Sites:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_05/b3969401.htm
For further information, you can always look on the UN.org page to help guide you.
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