Globalization, Efficiency and Loneliness

It always begins with a promise. A promise for better living conditions, higher wage, more opportunities, etc. This is when hope is established within an hard working individual. In the video, “New England cotton mills” and the reading, “Life in the Iron Mills”, there are similarities in regards to working conditions, solidarity among workers, and owner attitudes. Both mills show identifiable occasions of mistreatment of workers, although there are clear differences in quality and benefits offered by each institution. The purpose of this essay is to compare discuss issues of worker mistreatment, solidarity, class, and fulfillment of everyday life in regards to work.

The factory jobs were controlled by owners and bosses, who showed little regard for workers and their wellbeing. Workers forced themselves into work during even extreme illnesses; one absence or mistake and they might be replaced without question. These low wage jobs came with few benefits and no rights; there was nothing in place that protected the livelihood of the worker. Immigrant’s willingness to work all the time created these conditions.

Often times the very workers that make globalization possible are the ones being mistreated and are being adversely affected by it. Steps must be taken to fix the moral oversight of globalization. Specifically I would like to look at the use of illegal immigrants to reduce the wages of workers. I want to look at the use of unfair competition to put the workers, farm workers in particular, in a very disadvantaged position. Steps can be taken to make the situation more just for all parties, but it may take a change in Mexican-American border policy.

The line “even a few pennies more can make a substantial difference,” evokes a feeling in the poor college students, that though they may not have a high income, they could afford something as small as penny to make a difference. Another example of the author’s use of emotion is when he states the working conditions in which adults and children often have to face. The unsanitary bathrooms and extreme heat on top of long hours with no pay, convey emotions such as guilt and disgust in readers. Feelings such as guilt and disgust can be the catalyst for change, which is exactly what Ravisankar wants. In his essay, Ravisankar addresses the main argument against his thesis, the idea that shedding light on the horrors of sweatshops, have actually forced companies to pull out of some locations, causing workers to lose their jobs.

Back to last week we had read two articles in the new world reader. Both are talking about how American seize the richness by taking advantage from the cheap labor in other nation. By reading over the article “the noble feat of Nike” written by Johan Nordberg. We know human are greedy. In the story we saw the wealthy company in United States, they won’t be satisfy with the riches them have，neither in the future. So, company set up a lot of factory in other poor nation, what we call “third world”. The goal of this investment in the third world is in order to increase the amount of their money, and success in capitalism globalization more effectively, all due to squeezing the resource in other nation such as human resources. What if those American company or factory ran out the business in third world, will life be better .Therefore this is the article that I chose to write.

We cannot live without goods and products. However, when we use those products, do we think about those who manufacture those products? Unfortunately, we never think about who is making our goods. When we use those product, another people make those product in the sweatshop which is very moist and has poor ventilation and extreme heat. This essay will talk about how Rajeev Ravisankar write “Sweatshop Oppression” with ethos.

The MNEs should respect the persons and reduce the harm to the workers. One significant feature of globalization that is of particular relevance to our analysis is the increase in outsourcing by MNEs. MNEs are widely criticized by the public because of their law pay, or we should say an unreasonable pay, high labor intensity and bad conditions of works. It is reasonable to believe that all persons possess dignity and that this dignity must be respected. Workers are also exposed to dangerous toxic chemicals and airborne pollutants. One of the most controversial issues concerning sweatshops is the demand that employers raise the wages of employees in order to provide a "living wage." Workers from all over the world complain about low wages. In Arnold & Bowie’s opinion, the MNEs are challenging the rule of

This discussion will mostly refer to women in the United States and how they are affected by various forms of globalization. It is feared that globalization will harm women in the southern region of the united states in many ways. From an economic stand point, women are harmed through discernment in favor of male workers, the demotion of women in unpaid labor, the exploitation of women in harmful settings while receiving low income, and poverty though loss of income. However, from a political view, women are excluded from the local political processes and are made to be felt as though their votes are worth nothing. Finally, from a cultural perspective, through loss of identity and harsh treatment of society.

This article was written to inform about the struggle that many middle class earners are going through. According to the author this problem is due to globalization. The purpose of the article is to inform the reader about how middle class earners are losing their jobs and the potential problems because of this occurrence. The author wrote this article with the intent to inform people about how jobs of which the middle class benefit from are being sent to other counties as the jobs cost less to manufacture overseas. The author does seem to also persuade its readers by writing about the TPP and how it’s a big problem for the economy. The author seems to want to make the reader feel sympathy for the man who lost his job due to globalization,

During the last decade of the twentieth century, the word ‘globalization’ has become an increasingly prominent feature of political, social, and economic discussion in academic and policymaking circles, as well as in the media. The processes and outcomes of globalization drew attention and debates that had one thing in common. The research shows that nearly everyone agrees that globalization is a trend that is changing the face of the world, and as a result the world society lives in a more ‘globalized’ world. Nearly two and a half decades passed since 1990s, and studies have been conducted to examine the causes and consequences of globalization. Moreover, nearly every person experiences some type of globalization and can testify firsthand the effects it has on their life, society, and the state. The analysis of the effects that globalization dynamics have on the world society indicates that globalization has a significant positive impact via spreading opportunities and wealth across nations, stimulating innovation and productivity, enhancing the economic development of poorer countries, and helping to improve living standards.

“Globalization means different things to different people,” so therefore individuals have their own standpoints regarding various things. In this case, an issue that has arisen is the allegation of mistreatment of employees in developing countries. Slimline is an apparel manufacturer in Sri Lanka, which does business disparately. The company employs 5000+ employees, whom help produced $50 million worth of apparel annually. In this company, the entry level wages are set higher than the local markets and to mention that some of their employees have undergraduate and graduate degrees. Slimline does not have the typical

Globalization has had a significant impact on the lives of women in the developing nations, which we will further examine in the two countries – Bangladesh and Kenya. In this paper, Globalization is defined as “a complex economic, political, cultural, and geographic process in which the mobility of capital, organizations, ideas, discourses, and people has taken a global or transnational form (Valentine Moghadam 1999). Globalization has more negative effects on women in third world countries such as Kenya and Bangladesh. Corporations hire people in the third world countries, due to the cheap labor force. Corporations like to hire more women than men in the cheap labor force, because women “work in labor intensive industries at lower wages

Through the development of human history, economy and technology have been changed in many ways. Development of technology allows people to be in the industrial society, and capitalism takes an important position as an economic system. In order to develop technology, efficiency is necessary. Because of this reason, capitalism also focuses on efficiency seeking to make more profits. As the coming of technology and capitalism society develop the modernity in daily life, efficiency seeking is not only required at the public level but also in the private life, and it influences human connection and intimacy. Arlie Russell Hochschild, the author of “From the Frying Pan into the Fire”, demonstrates how capitalism and its market system influence human connection and intimacy in their private lives, especially in the family and the community. Hochschild claims that capitalism forces people to changing the notion of family because of efficiency-seeking in private life. Sherry Turkle, the author of “Alone Together”, talks about the impacts of technology that allow people to always be connected to one another; however, at the same time, can make them feel alone. Turkle says that technology contributes to human connection but also leads to the loss of real intimacy. Therefore, desire for efficiency not only in the public sphere but also in the private sphere aggravates the absence of authentic relationship and intimacy.

Globalization can be seen as a major threat for manufacturing jobs in the developed world, however, can also be a benefit for developing world citizens who receive thousands of jobs a year although they don’t receive a high salary. Maurice Allais, a French economist states that this unemployment, of course, has only been able to develop because of the existence of low salaries and insufficient flexibility in the labor market (April 10th, 1999). This indicates that globalization has jeopardized Western countries jobs because companies are moving their establishments to developing countries where they don’t need to pay employees as much and where land is cheaper so overall businesses benefit from this. Also, employees in the developed world are at risk of becoming redundant as they are susceptible to face pay cuts in jobs. Employees are less skilled in the developing world as they don’t receive the benefit of an education like developed countries do. So a company may want to build factories in these countries because environmental laws aren’t as strict. Establishments in these areas provides promising jobs for the local people and allows them to learn new skills, however they are set on minimum wage which in developed world countries, this would not be enough to live on, wherein third world countries this is still a low amount so this is not enough to bring them out of poverty meaning that the only one who benefits from this is the company. Although there have been several arguments against exploitation and oppression, the majority of developing countries do not have existing laws which take minimum wage

Globalization is the process of increased interconnectedness among the countries most in the most known popular areas of economics, politics, social, and culture. All of these areas are key aspects of each country and what makes them individualized. Globalization allows for countries to be able to be individuals without the conflict of their differences because of the power used to work as a whole globe. Globalization is a positive thing for the entire world, it allows for lots of development in our world by the connection there is between all of the countries interdependence on each other. The different points of globalization claim that it will lead to convergence of income, access to knowledge and technology, consumption power, living standards, and political ideas.