cheap pay make you richer. greed is the sin..lol
2007-03-17 11:02:10 · 16 answers · asked by raybbies 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No it's not, but then again it's two cents they might not get from elsewhere.
2007-03-17 11:05:17 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is definitely not okay. I don't know if 2 cents a day is true, but large international textile companies such as Tomy Hilfiger and Gilden are paying Honduran workers $100 month. They need about $300 a month just to survive.
I believe that our governments should have some kind of an ombudsman to check up on working conditions of international companies that establish themselves in poor countries, and they should either ban or charge a prohibitive tax on all goods coming in from companies not certified as treating their workers right.
EDIT:
While I am appalled at soome of the answers here, I must admit that at one time I might have answered the same way. In recent years as I have considered our collective responsibility I realize you and I are indirectly contributing to an awful lot of misery. Those companies, meanwhile, are earning billions of dollars.
2007-03-17 18:07:31 · answer #2 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why the LOL at the end of that?
Anyway, a rich business in one country isn't obligated to pay living wages in their country to people in another country where living wages are much less. Still, that doesn't mean that people in the country doing the work shouldn't receive fair wages for their locality.
The problem is that many businesses do business with overseas firms that aren't controlled by the company doing the purchasing. A U.S. vendor may work with a manufacturer in China, but the Chinese company isn't controlled by the U.S. one. Thus, the Chinese company may pay their workers little, and does so in order to gain the orders from the U.S. company. In that case, I don't see necessary wrong-doing.
If a United States firm owns a business overseas, it would be nice to offer fair wages, but typically, they offer wages comparable to other businesses in that area.
That's just how it works. One would hope that ethics prevail, but that's not necessarily the way it works.
2007-03-17 18:09:49 · answer #3 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Governments? Or businesses? Business is business. You pay what the market demands. If the government is hiring workers in a foreign market (although I can't imagine for what) then they should pay what the market demands in that country. If it's 2 cents a day, so be it. Every country has it's own economy. Playing" with their economy is always a bad idea---even if you are well-meaning.
2007-03-17 18:06:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it is. Depends what 2 cents can buy in those countries.
2007-03-17 18:08:21 · answer #5 · answered by nalak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is okay not only for Governments but people who can afford to contribute monies to the poorer nations or people. This is charity thus is encouraged.
2007-03-17 18:07:03 · answer #6 · answered by SGElite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which rich governments? Last I heard the US was trillions in debt?
2007-03-17 18:15:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think this program will work not unless the whole country would strongly agree and support this program.
2007-03-17 18:08:27 · answer #8 · answered by Arcie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a link to a news story, or other information that will show that this is really happening?
2007-03-17 18:06:42 · answer #9 · answered by p_doell 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's relative. It depends on your standards.
"ok" and "not ok" are only opinions. There is no objective, factual way to answer your question.
2007-03-17 18:05:32 · answer #10 · answered by Friedrich Nietzsche 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋