Sweatshops and Exploitation

Sweatshops are workplaces that __________.

Pay extremely low wages, subject workers to unsafe and unhealthy conditions, demand excessively long work hours, use child labor, and deny workers basic rights.

Supporters argue that workers freely __________ to sweatshop jobs.

Consent

Critics respond that poverty undermines true __________; workers choose sweatshops out of desperation, not free will.

Consent

Sweatshops can improve economic welfare by offering wages that are __________ than local alternatives.

Higher

Companies have a moral responsibility to improve conditions by paying __________ wages.

Fair

The Pit Rescue Analogy compares giving someone a sweatshop job to __________ someone from a pit.

Saving

Reports of worker abuse in __________ factories highlight sweatshop exploitation and corporate responsibility.

Nike and Gap