Request to Improve Sweatshop Conditions Overseas: An Ethical Decision

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To: US Trade Policy Makers
From: US Human Right Activist
Date: November 24, 2018
Subject: Request to make policy to improve the condition of sweatshop overseas.
Ethical Decision inbuilt trust hence ensures responsibility, care and fairness to the individual.
This process eliminates all the possibility of the misconduct that can happen to an individual or
group. It is said that it reduces any conflict that can occur in future by educating and making
peace resolution. The government makes an ethical decision in keeping the trust of its citizen and
people related to them. For sweatshops overseas, the government is not fully accountable for its
conditions, but it can pass some law which can help them to regulate the companies who are
involved in it.
Here the government has to take some ethical decision to improve the quality of work conditions
in third world countries or supplier countries. A company like Wal-Mart, Benetton, Mango,
Amazon they outsource their apparels and goods from countries with the low economy, they
make huge profits as they are high-end brands and have high demands in developed nations.
US government should ensure that the company who have sweatshops in third world countries
should have such legal policies which provide the minimum wages and better working condition
for the labors there. Mainly the company outsources the goods by giving work to third world
supplier ensuring the necessary parameters are met. But due to high profit ends these outsourced
company doesn't provide basic facilities to its workers. When an accident occurs, the name of US
Company gets highlighted and, hence the goodwill and reputation get spoil (Kates, 2018).
We all are aware of the incidents that happen in Bangladesh's sweatshops in the past. Around
600 deaths have been reported from last six years due to fire, and about 1100 people died due to
building collapsed which had many sweatshops. Many sweatshops have deplorable working
conditions and poor wages. The many US and European countries have their sweatshops in

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Bangladesh and other economically backward countries due to cheap labor. Such incidents help
in the notice, and human rights groups work to ensure the better compensation to people who
suffer loss. The company denies any benefit because they have outsourced the labor through the
third party to the company who got a contract and the government of that nation should ensure
the safety of their people (Rouge, 2016).
This issue becomes the big debate as who is responsible for the poor working condition of the
sweatshop. The answer lies on the fact that company to make a huge profit as the cost of labor in
the US is high they get their job done from outside. They don't share the policy of workers as
they have on in the US nor they ensure the working condition of the people working for them
overseas (Kates, 2018).
Human rights activist all over the world protested against the US brands whose sweatshops were
responsible for the poor working condition of labors in low economic countries. This has
resulted in the downfall of consumers so less demand for production, thus resulting in
unemployment in such countries. This is no solution to the problem (Culiberg, Barbara, and
Domen Bajde. 2013).
US government should ensure that company who have sweatshops overseas should have or share
some moral responsibilities with the outsource partner there. They should make such
amendments where the company has to describe the model or structure of its manufacturing unit
and measures taken for the protection and safety of its labor (Butcher, Charity. 2012.)
The government should ensure that any company which is founded guilty should not be given
any further contract for business. They should also have a trade policy with countries where US
Company can have their manufacturing unit on a profit basis or as foreign investment. This will
improve the relationship with the third world nation and have a huge profit margin. If such
policy gets implemented, then the US will beat China for being no. 1 exporter of brand apparels.
This gives the opportunity to the US to recreate its position in the textile industry (Agustia,
Nahartyo and Sudaryati, 2018).