Child Labour in Supply Chain

Child Labour in Supply
Chain

Table of Contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
In what conditions child labour can be beneficial to children................................................1
Discuss how child labour help children and their families escape poverty............................1
Discuss the long term effects of child labour in keeping the child and their families in poverty
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How might increasing trade openness make it harder to trace and monitor the use of child
labour in complex global supply chains?...............................................................................2
Discuss the factors responsible for child labour in supply chains..........................................2
Recommend potential solutions to resolve the issue of child labour in supply chains..........3
References:.......................................................................................................................................4
Books and Journals.................................................................................................................4

MAIN BODY
In what conditions child labour can be beneficial to children
Many children's grow up by contributing their daily hours in working. Working for children in a
healthy and safe environment is a normal and a beneficial part for a life as this increase the
participation of the children's as they grow up to become a responsible citizen of the economy
(Sadler Lawrence, 2020). There are circumstances in which working for the children are the
beneficial and appropriate thing in order to become responsible and independent in their life.
During the circumstances when their families are not that much financially strong it is very
beneficial for the children to work in order to acquire some amount of finance for their families
and for themselves which can be used to pay their school fees thereby not comprising their
studies. As per the social benefits when the children work in a well-established environment
where the health and mental health of the children is maintain it gives the children to gain pride
and foster it's self esteem.
Discuss how child labour help children and their families escape poverty
Poverty is considered as the main force for the child labour. It is very significant that the
families that are in poverty and doesn't have money for shelter and food are tend to use their
children to earn money so that they can have a minimal amount for shed and food to eat. Child
labour definitely helps children and their families to escape from poverty (Yunus, 2020). For
example in UK it is legal law for the children's over the age 13 to work for which there is a
particular law for the minimum wage that must be provided to the children's for the restrictions
of hours which helps many poverty based families to earn significant income to run their
families household.
Discuss the long term effects of child labour in keeping the child and their families in poverty
Child labour has a social, economic, mental and physical log term effect on the child and
their families which keep in the poverty for life. The child labour expose the child and their
families into the tremendous hazard situation where to become the victim of psychological
torture which creates the long-term effect on their mental health making them mentally unstable
and unfit thereby hindering there growth and development. The long term effect of child labour
is keeping the child away from the education which is the major barrier in eliminating the
poverty as lack of education does not allowed the child accomplish well financed job an
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