Cross Cultural Sport Exam Study Guide

What is the Workers Cup?

A soccer tournament in Qatar for migrant workers who helped build facilities for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

-Gave workers a chance to play soccer, compete, and build friendships.

-Show difference between soccer and the worker’s difficult lives

What was the purpose of the Workers Cup?

To give migrant workers a chance to play soccer, compete, and build friendships.

What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?

-Business taking responsibility for how they affect workers, society, and the environment

-Including treating employees fairly, paying fair wages, and providing safe working environment

What are examples of CSR?

Fair wages, safe working conditions, ethical decisions, and protecting workers' rights.

How does the Workers Cup relate to CSR?

The tournament gave workers recreation sports, but companies also had a responsibility to protect their rights and well-being, they failed to do.

What is one criticism of CSR in The Workers Cup?

Providing a soccer tournament does not make up for unfair wages or poor working conditions.

What were the living conditions of migrant workers?

Many lived in crowded labor camps with limited space and privacy.

What were the working conditions of migrant workers?

-Lived in croweded labor camps, no privacy

-Worked long hours on contrusction project

-Low wages and lived far from family

-Restricted freedom, little ability to leave their job (quit or leave job site fear of losing job/immigrant status)

-Conditions made life difficult for many migrant workers

What was one challenge migrant workers faced?

Being separated from their families and having limited freedom.

What does freedom mean to migrant workers?

Having control over their lives, making their own choices, moving freely, and returning home when they want.

What is modern slavery?

Exploitation in which people cannot freely leave their situation because of threats, coercion, debt, or other forms of control.

-In film: workers’ difficult working conditions and limited choices raised concerns about exploitation.

Why does The Workers Cup raise concerns about modern slavery?

Some workers experienced low wages, difficult working conditions, and limited choices.

What is the main message of The Workers Cup?

Soccer can bring people together, but workers also deserve fair treatment, safety, and freedom.