Child Labour in Supply Chain

Child Labour in
Supply Chain

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Child labour.................................................................................................................................3
Child work...................................................................................................................................4
Arguments on child labour ban....................................................................................................4
Recommendation.........................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Child labour basically refers to the children who are exploited by making them work which
can be of any form that it destroys that childhood and also deprive them from living a life of a
normal children. This basically interferes with all their ability and stop them from attending and
going to the regular School. Child labour is very harmful for the children both mentally and
physically (Edouard and Pokou, 2019). This is also not morally and socially right. Almost in
every country there has been legislation made by the government to prohibit exploitation of
children in the supply chain. Although not all the work which is done by children comes under
the child labour exceptions like family duties, a child who is working as an artist and many more.
The aim of this report is to study about the child labour in supply chains and compare the
arguments for and against banning of all such forms.
MAIN BODY
There are various countries in which young children work so that they can help their
families to survive. When generally speaking experts please that child labour should not be
prohibited full stop according to them since it is still dependent on the circumstance. The
activities of the child labour are very much common in the world where there is a lot of poverty
like in Asia, Africa and Latin America (Sharma and Kumari, 2018). There are various
organisations that are dedicated to the protection of children and their families, but they too
disagree that outright prohibiting child labour is the only solution. The claim that distinguishing
between exploitation and non-exploitation is critical especially when it comes to child labour.
Child labour
It is the work done by children that deprive them from their childhood, their future and
also their dignity. The work done by them also exceeds the hours they work. The work in which
they are engaged is not safe and very detrimental for the emotional and psychological health of
children; it also affects them socially and morally (Chatterjee and Ray, 2019). Every work done
by the children that interfere with the right to education are all examples of child labour. In many
cases children are also forced to work in their own communities due to the factor that they are
very poor or there might be inequalities or discrimination of gender or due to any other cultural