Maquiladora

Living Near a Modern Day Slave and the Necessity of Business Ethics The cover story of this June’s copy of The Atlantic is a posthumously published article by the late Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Alex Tizon. The story is called, “My Family’s Slave.” It documents the startling revelation that his family owned a slave, named Lola, in the 20th century and that she lived into the 21st. And this didn’t occur in a war torn or impoverished county; it happened in the United States. In fact, I ignorantly

The North American Free Trade Agreement, otherwise known as NAFTA, has been a topic of hot debate since before its ratification in 1994. From economists to diplomats and from politicians to blue-collar workers, most everyone had opinions and speculations on how NAFTA would affect the nations – be they positive or negative assumptions. Now 23 years later, the effects of this treaty binding the United States, Canada & Mexico are being fully felt and can be examined in depth. One area of major concern

In the article by Evelyn Hu-Dehart it focuses on the issue of globalization and its effects in different cities but first all the author gives us a explanation to understand what is globalization. Globalization in the words of Hu-Dehart was the "neoliberalism's New World Order..."(pg. 245) where all Mexican citizens were falling under the ruling of the party Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). In the same article by Evelyn Hu-Dehart, "Globalization and its Discontents" she gaves us the definition

Free trade assignment For thousands years, the world societies had enjoyed trade. People and nations have traded their product from one country to another and many nations have enjoyed the easy way of exchanging of goods and services without restrictions. However, after the world war one Free trade has been crippled due to free trade restrictions called trade protections. Trade protectionism is defined as the use of government regulations to limit the import of goods and services. (Williams kinicki

In the majority of societies since the start of civilization, women have been oppressed and thought of as the naturally inferior sex. Due to this historical oppression, policies affecting women are important in modern political campaigns. In the United States presidential election of 2016, where a woman is a major party nominee for the first time, the issue of women’s inequality are more prominent than ever before. Feminists across the country are seeking the presidential candidate with policies

In 1993, Maquiladoras accounted to just 2143. But 6 yrs hence, the total count of maquiladoras had risen 73 percent to 3703”. This illustrates that NAFTA has had a net positive influence on Mexico, more than any other country. NAFTA: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: As mentioned earlier, NAFTA to date

Diego, it is not only a a dominant manufacturing center in the San diego, but also a home of more than 4000000 people. The promotion of the industrial development results in the dramatically grew of the maquiladora industry. Nonetheless, few people notice the environmental health effects of maquiladoras which the low-income and minority group are facing in their neighborhoods. When the harmful industry activities are unevenly distributed in the area of Tijuana, the spatial injustice also emergences

In this essay, I will discuss the concept of Fair Trade, and what it means in regards to globalization. More specifically, in this essay I will attempt to explore the potential of this theory, in regards to how it addresses the exploitations and inequalities created by the current system as addressed by certain authors. I also look to see if the concept of Fair Trade conforms to the ideology of modernization as some scholars seem to believe. Finally, I look into the application of this theory in

Mexico emigrating to the north for better work. In need of a way to support themselves and their families, many of the Mexican women work in maquiladoras or factories and are paid meager wages, are exposed to the dangers of traveling from work to the dilapidated colonies where many of them live, and are denied governmental protection. Since women at the maquiladora are dispensable, they have a low use value because they can be replaced

publicly traded U.S.-based corporation, which produces programmable control instruments. With high interests in Mexico, the company has expanded to four Mexican-related businesses, which are listed below along with their specific function: • The Maquiladora Assembly Facility – This facility is used to assemble imported U.S.-manufactured components into final products for sale mainly in the U.S. Seeing as the majority of sales occur in the U.S., this facility generates its revenues in USD. • Farmington