CSR Regulation & Child Labour in Big Companies: Current Status

This presentation examines the current state of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) regulation concerning child labour in large companies, particularly focusing on the issues arising from outsourcing manufacturing to factories in developing countries. It highlights the definition, causes, and impacts of child labour, emphasizing its detrimental effects on children's education and the economy. The presentation includes perspectives from various authors on child labour, contrasting it with child care, and discusses relevant laws and the 'CRAP' test in the context of child labour. It concludes by advocating for companies to adopt principles and rules that promote child care, including on-site facilities, to support employees and ensure children's well-being. The presentation references several academic sources to support its analysis and recommendations.

CURRENT SITUATION IN CSR
REGULATION RELATING TO CHILD
LABOUR IN BIG COMPANIES
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DESCRIPTION OF CHILD LABOUR IN
RELATION TO FACTORY WORK
 Child Labour means exploiting child in the
factory in someway (Physically, mentally,
orally in the process system of organization)
 Child labour is the work that exceeds a
minimum number of hours depending on the
age of child.

CAUSES OF CHILD LABOUR
 Primary causes
culture causes
 Macro-economic causes’
 Outcomes- Focus should be to promote child
education not child care at factory.

IMPACT OF OUTSOURCING WORK TO
CONTRACTORS OR FACTORY
 Exploitation of children in rural areas
for the work.
 Deprived of children from the
education program.
 It hampers the GDP growth and future
of economy.

PERSPECTIVE OF CHILD LABOUR BY
THE AUTHORS
 Jonathan self realized that the children
working in the factory look like his daughters.
 David L., also suggested that child labour will
affect the development rate of GDP of
country.
 Greg Talcott also suggests that hiring
employees in factory will deteriorate the
work culture.

CHILD LABOUR OR CHILD CARE
 There are child labour laws and other acts
also have provision for the proper child care
and preventing child labour in factory.
 There is high penalties on the factory
allowing children below age 14 years to work
in the premises.
 It aims to provide a decent childhood with
the proper care.

LAWS FOR CHILD LABOUR AND CHILD CARE

 Cheap cost for manufacturing activities.
It becomes cheap for the people to outsource
their work to children.
 Child labour is 80% cheaper as compared to
normal wages.
 The Third world families at work reflects that
most of their children are indulged in factory
work.
CRAP TEST IN CHILD LABOUR
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EFFECT OF CHILD LABOUR
1. As per the John T., the child labour decrease
the literacy rate of country.
2. It hamper the growth of country.
3. Extensive employment in Factory deprives
children of education.

CONCLUSION
 Company should have principles and rules
which promotes child care.
 As per the Timothy & thomas, child care
could be promoted by organization to help
employees to develop on site child care for
the children.

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