People I met

Francis - Architect
Craig - Marekting executive
James - NA
Yan - Industrial Designer

Fair Trade

Started in 1950s in Europe
which importers (manufaturers) pay reasonable price
for people who works for it.

This chart is from Korean Times general consumer's
willingness to buy fair trade goods.
People do care but there are still long way to go.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2008/02/123_19511.html

Anti Adida Demonstration

Workers in Indonesia Jakarta Adidas
demonstrate against their poor working condition.

Facts about Child Labor

Michael Jordan's line of Nike sneakers are made by children in Indonesia working for 19 cents an hour.

Estimates by human rights experts are that there are as many as 200 million children under the age of 14 who are working full-time. Because these children are paid little and do not receive an education, they have little chance of breaking the cycle of poverty in which they are caught.

Children are typically paid one-half to one-third what is paid to adults doing comparable work. The children are often exposed to significant health hazards and subjected to extreme physical, verbal and even sexual abuse. While many children work to add to the family income, others are literally sold into bondage by their parents in return for money or credit.

In these countries children are widely employed in restaurants, canteens, garages, tanneries, and brick kilns where they work for up to 15 hours a day, without leave for months together. Those working as household help are just slightly better off.
Children begin work at the age of nine or ten, and enter full-time waged labour after leaving primary school at the age of 12 or 13. Most children work full-time, seven hours per day, and six days a week. In general, children are paid 6,000 to 9,000 Indonesian rupiahs (approximately $3.40 - $5.10) per week.

At the age of 4, Iqbal was sold into bonded labour by his father for $12. For six years he was forced to work 16 hours a day in a carpet factory.

Children are used extensively in the carpet and soccer ball industries because their small hands and nimble fingers enable them to become particularly adept at weaving and stitching. Although Pakistan has put laws in effect to restrict the use of child labour, the government lacks the resources to enforce them. The lack of any federal requirement for compulsory education is also a major factor contributing to the continued use of child labour.

Nike's & Legal Loop Hole

When Nike were caught by media for their
child labor exploitation,

they claim that Nike have been using subsidizing
comapaies in Indonesia and they had no knowlegde
or control about child labor.

They paid children $5 per day and selling it for
$125. How could they not aware of this fact?

http://www.albionmonitor.com/9606a/nikelabor.html

NIke & child labor

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia are
the infamous ground fo Nike's exploitation of
child labor.

Children gets paid as low as 20 cents an hour to
produce good such as soccerballs and shoes.

As design, they make wonderful items the dillema
comes when child labor if involved in this.

http://www.american.edu/TED/nike.htm

History of Child Labor

There are evidences of child labor in bible

David serving King Saul
Hercules and Hylas

In time of industrial revolutiuon child labor reached its peak.
People's lives was controlled by employers and children were forced
to work at a factory.

The most extreme case of child labor would be
military and child prosititution.

The questions comes down to is it justifiable to
in time of hardship to putting children in workplace?

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/history-of-child-labor.html

What is social conciousness?

It can also be defined as social awareness; to be aware of the problems that different societies and communities face on a day-to-day basis; to be conscious of the difficulties and hardships of society.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_consciousness