...How did coffee effect on Latin America? Coffee is increasingly becoming a part of Western culture for many it has become a daily routine and coffee shops are now a common social meeting place. Since coffee shops are getting popular and built at every half block in many downtowns, it may not be surprising that coffee has become the second largest traded commodity next to oil (Watson and Achinelli 2008). As the consumer steps up to the register and orders their four-dollar latte, “it is most likely that they will not think of the more than 25 million people around the world who base their livelihoods on its production” (Watson and Achinelli 2008). The producers of these coffee beans are often small-scale farmers who are reliant on faceless consumers, large corporations. Coffee is now one of the world’s most traded goods, it is important for both consumers and producers to understand the impact the production of coffee is having on the farmers at a local level. The western culture of coffee is rapidly expanding. As the globalization of coffee spreads to consumers, corporations are becoming more and more disconnected from the coffee producers. The research will look at specific case studies of how the coffee impacts on Latin America. In addition, I’ll be also looking at the specific effects of economic change of coffee production on farmers and children in Brazil. Through the introduction of the crop into the Caribbean in the early 1700’s, became of economic importance in the mid-1800s...
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...Labor and Rights Violations MGM366 October 17, 2011 Abstract This paper will cover child labor violations as well as human rights violations, I will address each topic and then give my personal opinion about what I think about the subject and what legal recourse might be readily available to remedy the situation. Labor/Rights Violations Human rights and labor violations have and will continue worldwide due to the extenuating needs of individuals to care for their families and the greed of the everyday businessman to save or turn an easy dollar. These violations are not only found in third world countries as the United States is just as guilty when it comes to hiring children to carry out work that is often unsafe and illegal. Although many view child labor and human rights violations as a scourge plaguing the business field, some of the people that choose or are forced into such unfair practices do it as a means to help support the family unit or to try and make it out of the belly of poverty. United States (Child Labor) In May 2008 a Kosher meatpacking plant was raided by the state labor investigators and found to have 57 underage workers, some as young as 13 all illegal immigrants from Guatemala working in their plant. The workers were forced to work up to 17 hours a day often without overtime pay, being exposed to chemicals and being forced to use saws and knives which according to Iowa law are prohibited unless...
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...do think is outdated is the Paid Paternity Leave from the Maternity Protection Ordinance. In Hong Kong, I think the Employment Ordinance is doing a good job of protecting the pregnant employee who can be entitled to the paid maternity leave under a continuous contract for not less than 40 weeks immediately before the commencement of scheduled maternity leave, but not for those male employees who are having a new baby born. The paid paternity leave which allows a father to take off work at the birth or adoption of a child with pay is still not legislated nowadays in Hong Kong. When welcoming a new child into the home - be it through birth, adoption or foster care - it can be an exciting, stressful, happy and sleepless event. Not surprisingly, most new parents have little time to focus on anything unrelated to their child. With this in mind, many fathers like to take days off from work for several days, weeks or months after the birth or adoption of a child. Many Countries now have already applied and executed the Paternity Leave with pay. Below is the summary for your reference. |Countries |Number of Days for the Paternity Leave | |Algeria |3 days | |Argentina |Two days ...
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...Street Strategy Chapter 5 begins by explaining that children enter the street labor force beyond the simple idea of their family needing money. It then goes on to explain that the need isn’t why all children remain as street workers. They do it because they have the social skills needed to be successful and thrive as a child laborer and it helps them in their physical survival. We are then told the life story of Isabella. She grew up in Puerto Barrios which is located on the Southeast coast of Guatemala with two parents who ended up splitting up and she moved with her mom to the Western Highlands. There she worked with her grandmother weaving hats for a relative’s tourist shop and because she was gifted at this she was made to spend 12 to 13 hours a day on it as well as care for her younger sister. She was never paid by her grandmother and was abused so she ended up turning to her mother for help but because of the guy that was currently with her mother she couldn’t move in with her. Her mother found her a job as a servant where she worked from dusk till dawn with little pay and was occasionally hit. She ran away back to her grandmother’s and was soon kicked out for smothering chickens, accidently, while keeping them as pets. Turning to her mother for help again she was advised to leave Quiche and went looking for work in the nation’s capital. She was eleven when she got a job with her friend as a domestic servant and worked there for six months before leaving due to low pay...
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...environmental sustainability.” Analyzing “Fair Trade” through the moral, social and economic lens can blur the lines of an organization’s corporate responsibilities. In the Nike Corporation scandal of child labor laws in the 1990’s, the public outcry was heard around the globe while the organization’s stock prices continued to soar as consumers lined up to purchase the products. Today, Nike stock prices tilters around $95 per share, which is a far cry from the $3 per share price in the early 90’s or the $32 per share in 1996 during the height of the scandal. You have to ask yourself, “Can a free enterprise society, required to share a profit with its shareholders, function within the guidelines of corporate social responsibility?” A high level review the Fair Trade program can be analyzed using the profits and corporate behavior of the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR), INC. As noted in the article “When Is Fair Trade Not Fair?” article (p. 33, Stanwick & Stanwick), GMCR claimed that 23% of their $2.6 million (GMCR 2011 Annual Report) sales were from Fair Trade products. That equates to approximately $600,000 US dollars to local Guatemala bean growers. The $600,000 dollars exchanges into about $4.6 billion local Guatemala currency. While the cost of living in Guatemala is about 30% less than in Charlotte NC,...
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...Bernal Díaz del Castillo was born circa 1495 at Medina del Campo, Castille. He died in 1584 in Guatemala city. Even though Díaz claimed to have been in poverty as a young child, his family could read and write which was a mark of higher class. He originally began exploring because he wanted to get a fortune and he heard that he would be able to as a soldier because of the great deal of spanish conquests. He was married to the daughter of a Spanish conquistador. Díaz went on multiple expeditions to both the New World and Mexico. He was intrigued by treasures and fortunes in America so he traveled there with Pedrarias. He also went on multiple expeditions to the Yucatán and traded with unfriendly natives. Díaz was present at numerous historically important battles as a Spanish soldier. He was also there during the conquest of Mexico, when the Aztec Capital fell. Díaz wrote a book titled The True History of the Conquest of New Spain. His book displayed the life of a soldier during expeditions as opposed to solely the views of the leader....
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...company, Express Script can do well by having initial operations in one of the three centers. Also hiring Spanish-speaking workers can help. Cultural attitudes toward women and children Children are taught early and expected to behave respectfully towards their elders. This involves use of respectful terms of address and also in greetings. In addition, they should obey and comply with requests or orders from the adults. Once children reach six or seven years, they can be reprimanded or hit if they do not comply with requests made by adults, answer back or complain. Parents also use shaming method to discipline their children (Mahler, 1995). To do this, they complain loudly about the guilty child to another child or adult when the child is within earshot. Shaming is usually used if the child has not completed the assigned chores, is dressed improperly or has performed poorly in schoolwork. This is important for Express Script employees from other countries who might find this strange. Women are also expected to respect men and should not under any circumstances raise voice to them. In addition, they must serve food on demand. Education level of workers in the country There is compulsory basic education until the kid reaches 13 years of age. Unfortunately, there are many children aged between 6 and 16 years who do not attend school in the poorest families. Nine out of ten children among the richest families go to school with a quarter studying up to university level (Ramon, and...
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...According to the End Child Detention Organization (END.org) "once a child has entered the United States they are detained and processed according to their country of origin." While minor children are not supposed to be detained and housed in immigration detainment centers, due to lack of personnel and overwhelming numbers of children, many have been placed in detention centers where they receive improper nutrition, lack access to education and are sometimes abused by staff. The facilities themselves are often unsanitary and overcrowded. The LA Times reported that "a 4,900 square foot facility designed to hold 250 children, held over 500, who slept on dirty concrete floors and were only allowed to be outside for 45 minutes" (Carcamo). The migrant children crises has created outrage among...
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...They developed a ridged field system. Cotton and maize was widely cultivated. Cotton textiles supported the Mayans economically(Birmingham). The Aztec community reilied heavily on agriculture and farming. Farmers grew many crops including beans, sqaush, avacados, and tobacco, but the most important crop was corn. Not only did they cultivate enough to meet their own personal needs, but also for the entire city(Birmingham). That played a vital role in the economy and trade. The success of the Inca economy was in the efficient management of labor and the administration of resources(StaffWriter). Collective labor was the base for economic productivity. Labor was divided according to region, agriculture would be centralized in the most productive regions, ceramic production, road building, textile, and other skills(StaffWriter).The politics of both the Aztec and Inca had conqured local rulers that were allowed some freedom to rule their territories in their own way(Birmingham). The sons of the conquered groups were brought to the capital for education. The Mayan politic was the collection of city states ruled by kings. The decline of Mayan politics was due to disease, drought, internal unrest, and deserted...
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...However, the negative impact of the activities of transnational corporations or work for human rights has often been overlooked. In the 1950s and 1970s, the United Fruit Company and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, involved in the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Guatemala and Chile scandal was revealed, causing the international community, especially the developing countries concerned about the activities of transnational corporations, and led to the development of countries expand movement multinationals nationalization. In addition, multinational companies are still developing countries, a large scale in grab natural resources, and corrosion of the activities of the government of the nation-state. In order to chase profits in global multinational companies also often in partnership with repressive governments engaged in large-scale violations of human rights activists, or the implementation of large-scale violations of human rights of these despotic regimes to be tolerated, support or help. Some well-known multinational companies are accused of violating labor standards, violations of labor rights, including overtime pay, child labor and forced labor in violation of the provisions of the minimum wage, to prohibit the establishment of trade...
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...Child Labor: Threatening the economy and well-being of children Child labor has existed throughout American history and throughout the world for many years. A quote from Lewis Hine in 1980 states: "There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profits only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work.” As factories started to assemble, most owners preferred children as their workers because the owners thought them as “more manageable, cheaper and less likely to strike.” The industries children usually worked for were mines, glass factories, textiles, agriculture, canneries, home industries, newsboys, messengers, bootblack and peddlers. During the Industrial Revolution, children at four years old were employed and dealing with dangerous and sometimes fatal working conditions. Now, because of new child labor laws in the United States, industries are going overseas to produce their product in countries that still use child labor. Developed countries consider these actions to be human rights violations and are illegal, while some undeveloped countries will allow or tolerate child labor. These children who are in these factories in different countries are costing the company less because of their wages, when they could have their factories in the States, producing jobs and cash flow in our economy. Child labor violates the common good by threatening the long-term growth of the economy and the well-being...
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...Lines’ Regional Director of Reservations for Latin America and the Caribbean, glanced over her notes one more time. Delta had decided to consolidate all of its reservations offices in Latin America into a single Latin America Contact Center. Now it was up to her to recommend a country location for this $3–4 million investment. Gail Childs, her immediate supervisor and General Manager for International Reservations, would want her report soon in order to get the final go-ahead from Delta’s CEO. Although a number of countries were possible options, Mary reviewed again the pros and cons for Mexico, Chile, and Argentina. CO The Internationalization of Customer Service NO T By 2000, telephone customer service was growing rapidly throughout the world. Many companies chose to outsource their telephone customer service operations to outside call centers; others kept such operations in-house. Other than locating call centers, also known as contact centers, within a region to be closer to customers, the principal reason for U.S. companies to move telephone customer service outside of the United States was to reduce costs. Because labor costs constituted between 60–80% of a call center’s operating expenses,1 airlines, computer firms, credit card companies, and others that used telephone customer service extensively were moving these operations overseas at a rapid pace. In Latin America, the rate of growth for such services was over 25% a year.2 While India was a...
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...pregnancy, childbirth, and neonatal period (Lewallen, 2011, p. 4). Because childbearing women cope with the stress of pregnancy and birth, as well as making the psychosocial and physical adaptations to motherhood, culturally diverse women particularly need expert, culturally sensitive nursing care (Corbett and Callister, 2012, p. 299). Hinduism is the world's oldest known religion, having been practiced over 8000 years as evidenced by ancient Hindu scriptures and is the largest Asian religion in the United States (Thrane, 2010, p. 337; Hodge, 2004, p.27). Without knowledge of Hindu child bearing woman’s practices and traditions effective nursing care is impeded and their cultural differences may affect patient-nurse interaction. To develop and improve culturally sensitive nursing care, interventions, and outcomes, it is important to explore woman’s beliefs and practices in regards to pregnancy, labor, delivery, and the neonatal period. In the United States, East Indians may feel a need to conform to Western culture; however, in general, they maintain the traditional cultural practices of their ancestors (Mahat, 1998, p. 156). Thus, the importance of this paper is to gain understanding and provide culturally sensitive care to the many Hindu childbearing women and their families residing in the United States....
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...A Research paper on An Overview of Business Ethics in Indian Businesses Authors: 1) Ms. Swenee Shah 2) Ms. Mehal Pandya 3) Ms. Chitral Patel (Faculties of Hasmukh Goswami College Of Engineering (MBA)) Submitted to: Gujarat Technological University 1 Abstract Business ethics deals with ethical rules and principles necessary for a successful business. It explains the various ethical problems that can rise in a business setting and the responsibilities of persons who are engaged in an organization. We have here shown how the Indian Businesses follows ethical practices even though they are working globally. We have here also taken few examples MNCS to show how are they going ahead unethically. In this research paper we have tried to show that no business can get success even though they are going globally (locally) if they don’t follow ethics and legitimate values. Our research paper reflects that true and ethical business can sustain for longer time and even can survive at toughest time. ethical training ,policies procedures will help any organization to manage their work place very well .we have shown that how ethics will help to enhance reputation of business and generate loyalty from staff members. Our research paper will open new avenues to the ethical dilemmas 2 Table of Contents Particulars What is Business Ethics Ethics and military Overview of issues in Business Ethics Ethics in Indian context: Scope of business ethics Approaches to Business...
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...Emma Klein Kelly Dunbar Senior Project 19 March 2013 Starbucks Starbucks could be called one of the largest success stories in American history. The company started from humble beginnings and worked its way to the top. Starting from a small building in Pike Place market in Seattle Washington, there are now more than 20,000 locations worldwide. The company’s mission and goals have allowed it to succeed in a fast pace world, and Starbuck’s loyal customers have stuck by their favorite brand through it all. The Starbucks experience is unique from all others. The history and progress of the company have contributed to the Starbucks lifestyle we all know today. In 1971 Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel, and Jordan Bowker pulled together $8,000 to open up the first Starbucks. Alfred Peet, their supplier of premium coffee beans and equipment helped inspire their venture (gourmet-coffee-zone 1). In 1982, Baldwin insisted on bringing Howard Shultz into the company as leader of the marketing department. After a trip to Italy, Shultz felt very inspired by the fashionable coffee houses and café culture he saw. Baldwin was not originally sold by the idea. He didn’t want selling coffee by the cup to distract from his whole coffee bean sales, but he let Howard test it out in a corner of one of the stores. Eventually Howard Shultz left Starbucks to start his own business. Selling his coffee by the cup was a big success. In 1987 he purchased Starbucks for 3.7 million dollars (gourmet-coffee-zone...
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