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I have to ask though... would any of these people have better lives, young or old, than they would have without mining these materials? If they are kidnapped an
by ratsmack 11y ago
I have to ask though... would any of these people have better lives, young or old, than they would have without mining these materials? If they are kidnapped and forced into slave labor, that is not good, but if they work of their own accord and live better for it, then who am I to decide what their opportunities are.
- gozur88 11y agoThis. You aren't doing anybody any favors throwing them out of paid work in a society without a safety net.
- Symbiote 11y agoYou might be doing favours for the workers in the other country, also without a safety net, but without child labour. And the government of Congo might see exports drop, and decide they need to enforce child labour laws to regain them.
- remarkEon 11y ago-> And the government of Congo might see exports drop, and decide they need to enforce child labour laws to regain them. I think this is a significant leap. I think it's much more likely that that child labour would be shifted to other, darker parts of the economy much more readily than a dysfunctional government in a borderline rentier-state changes or enforces it's laws.
- soared 11y agoIn corporate social responsibility classes you learn that you are not supposed to shut down a sweat shop, but slowly solve it through better working conditions, higher wages, etc.