Research Paper on:
Globalization and Third World Sweatshops

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There is an ongoing argument in the media and among contemporary philosophers about the relative positives and negatives of sweatshops in third world countries. The New York Times  Magazine basically defends the practice of U.S. Companies establishing themselves in these countries so that they can take advantage of the cheap labor. They contend that these countries, and  even the people who work in these establishments benefit in that the income and taxes provide a much-needed economic boost to some of the most economically deprived areas on earth.  Authors such as William Greider, however, condemn such establishments as sweatshops, stating that they are simply a regression to the insensitivities and cruelty of the industrial revolution (Greider, 1997).  Both of the arguments presented above have a certain degree of merit. Given my personal experience as the daughter of  seamstress in one of the U.S. sweatshops, however, I tend to agree more with Greider than with the New York Times Magazine position. Business establishments which provide no semblance  of concern for the welfare of their employees and view those employees only as they relate to the bottom line of profitability have no place in contemporary times. Such  business in effect profit from the same inhumane treatment and conditions which we have banned from our own U.S. factories. Despite the contention  presented above, the number of third world sweatshops is rising at an almost exponential rate. This is occurring in step with, and as a result of, the ever increasing  pace of globalization (Greider, 1997). The same factors fueling globalization are prompting the move of many American factors to locations outside of the U.S. borders. One of these