Slave Labour Criticism

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ABSTRACT

In 1930, the International Labour Organisation adopted a convention to abolish forced labour "in all its forms within the shortest time possible. The significance of this study is that the slave or compulsory labour works or service exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which that person has not offered himself voluntarily. In 1996, the ILO estimated that there were at least 120 million full-time slave labour between the ages of five and 14 worldwide, with over 250 million children having work as a secondary activity. There were many reported incidents in this research where Primark workers in these environments were exposed to hazardous health and safety risks. It can be concluded that slaves have been used by number of businesses for various reasons. One of their main reasons is that they are cost effective and companies can save their money by having slaves as their labour in less pay.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background2

Aims and Objectives4

Significance of the study4

Research Questions5

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW6

Ethical Sourcing Supply8

Examples of Ethical Sourcing10

Ethical Sourcing And Corporate Social Responsibility12

Ethical Sourcing In Retail And Clothing Industry14

Supply Chain Management16

Significance of SCM16

Benefits of SCM17

Strategic objective in the supply chain18

Chain Management (SCM)19

Slave Labour21

History of Slave Labour25

Slave labour and Business25

Problems with Slave Labour26

Effects of Slave Labour and Child Labour27

Restriction on Freedom of Movement29

Effects of Modern Business Growth31

The Economy of Slavery32

Forced labour and slavery34

Slave Trade34

CHAPTER NO 3: METHODOLOGY37

Data Collection Technique37

Secondary Research37

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS44

Reasons of slave labour at Primark46

Slave Labour Criticism47

Slave Labour: Is this the best solution50

Primark's justification for the issues50

Impact of criticism on Primark51

CHAPTER NO 5: CONCLUSION53

Recommendations55

REFERENCES56

BIBLIOGRAPHY59

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Primark is a clothing retailer which is has almost 200 stores operating worldwide in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Belgium. The main headquarter of the company is located in Ireland. Primark is mainly used for selling clothes. The company's success is based on supplying cheap market clothes with exclusive designs. There are almost 36000 workers employed there in different stores. Primark has committed to develop a dynamic corporate culture, inventiveness and customer-focused, direct reflection of the product offered. In this research we will be discussing the concept of slave labour criticism in Primark are the problems and issues which are emerging due to it (Stryker, 2003, pp. 335).

The concept of slavery emerged at the end of the nineteenth century. Slavery can be defined as "classic" (where the slave is a non-free, a good, a commodity, an economic instrument that can be bought or sold, a slave that is might call "physical") it seems ...