In defense of sweatshops benjamin powell

Brand & Product

Essay Prompt
Based on your background research on the product you’ve chosen, as well as the readings, TED
Talks, and discussions we’ve had in class: will you buy this product? Why or why not?
Introduction (1 paragraph)
1.
Introduce the reader to the product
2.
Transition to your growing awareness of the global impact of consumerism
3.
Transition to the prompt’s basic question
4.
State your thesis. Always underline
your thesis.
Reasons to B
uy (multi
ple paragraphs)
1.
Present your reasons to buy this product.
2.
Assemble company information on measures such as carbon footprint (and other measures of
environmental impact), forced and child labor, worker’s rights, supply-
chain management,
and any other positi
ve factors
.
Reasons Not to B
uy
1.
Present your reasons
not
to buy this product.
2.
Present your research on measures such as carbon footprint (and other measures of
environmental impact), forced and child labor, worker’s rights, supply-
chain management,
and any other negative factors
Accommodate and/or R
efute Objections
1.
Lead the reader t
hrough your reasoning process as you reconcile the positive and negative
information
2.
Present your qualified thesis and discuss your final decision
Conclusion
1.
Remind the reader of the most important positive and negative product information.
2.
Remind the reader of your reasoning process
3.
End with a strong appeal
Works Cited
1.
Begin the Works Cited on a new page.

Benjamin Powell. “In Defense of ‘Sweatshops.’” Mill, On Liberty, Chapter 1 | Library of Economics and Liberty, Library of Economics and Liberty , 2 June 2008, www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2008/Powellsweatshops.html.

Summary:

The author Benjamin Powell has pointed out the issue related to the sweatshops. In this article, it has talked about the downsides of the sweatshops, for example, hiring children in sweatshops and also paying low wages to those workers. These are some seriously problems that anyone in this world should participate and find the best solutions to solve. There are even charts to give us a better understand of how much each country pays to their workers and the frequencies of the percentage of people are protesting about the sweatshops.

From what it has been discussed above, it can clearly tell that we need to start paying more attention and start taking more seriously about the sweatshop issue.

Type of source: Article found via database

Gutierrez, Lisa. “The List of Slave-Labor Imports You Use Might Surprise You.” Miamiherald, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2016, www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article63808092.html.

Summary:

The article author Lisa Gutierrez has talked about salve – labors and this is another serious that people need to care about and pay attention at. People should now pay more attention about the products that we purchase. We might only think of which products that we love and we want to purchase to fulfill vanity or happiness, but we never think of the fact that who really produces those products and how much time do they really spend to produce those products. This article has stated that a lot of products, which imported from overseas, were produced by children and a lot of those children worked almost a day.

From what it has been discussed above, it can clearly tell that we need to start paying more attention and start taking more seriously about the slave-labor issue.

Type of source: TED Fast Fashion

Fast Fashion’s Effect on People, The Planet, & You | Patrick Woodyard | TEDxUniversityofMississippi.

Summary:

It is talking about the fast fashion and those coworker who work in China,

and they work more than 10 hours a days. Also they live in a space that were pretty small. Moreover, the fast fashion is a way to create ours product, and fast fashion is mean they can create the product more faster and efficiency, but without good quality. Also, the material they use will harm the environment. Stores like Zara, and H&M.

Contribution:

They have a lot of brand and for costumer to buy, and the price is cheeper. People can buy cloth easily.

Type of source: Leslie T. Chang: The voices of China's workers

https://www.ted.com/talks/leslie_t_chang_the_voices_of_china_s_workers?language=en#t-559879

Summary:

She talked about our daily necessities, like computers and mobile phones. She said that you have thought about what you are wearing. Is just a little girl that company spending less than a dollar to help you stitch it? She said: It is widely believed that Chinese factories are oppressive, and our desire for cheap goods is just like this. Then he said a lot of examples about the idea of ​​18, 19-year-old Chinese girls. They intend to make money first. Therefore, he spent two years to go to a factory to understand them. Then, she found out those employees can't make any money from there salary. The room is full of 15 people, and the ridiculous thing is the environment are way better than the home they lived before. Moreover, Their employees don’t even know what they are doing, and the price of the product. She said: "A person should have some ambitions when he is young so that she can look back on her life when she is old and feel that she has no purpose.”

Contribution:

I think they need to educate them because they will become just like a robot and then just do the thing someone forces them to do. The boss said what they just do; they will not fight for their rights.