Many factories have facilities in China because
there the low cost of labor. I did some reserach and I saw that big
companies, such as Apple, has factories in China. In the website Jie's World is
possible to see a list of all the American Companies that have factories in
China. A part of this list is shown
below:
- AT&T
- Acer
Electronics
- Adidas
- Apple
Computer
- Ashland
Chemical
- Avon
- Colgate-Palmolive
- Dell
Computer
- Dollar
Tree Stores, Inc.
- Family
Dollar Stores
- LG
Electronics
- PetsMart
- Walmart
Is a little bit difficult to find in the news what this companies
practice employee abuse, the most noticed in the news that I found is Apple
company.
In my opinion, the only pro is for the companies that have facilities
there. Usually, these companies are interested just in profit, so the countries
that offer low cost of production will be better than countries that the cost
is higher. Also, for China, I think is good, because the country receives a lot
of investment and money from big companies around the world. But, for me,
despite all this, the cons are too much bigger. The people that work in these
companies receives a really low wages, and the news that I read always said
that there are a great number of children working in those companies, also the
situation of work is not good. They work in a really bad situation, without any
incentive or adequate working conditions. For me, more important than profit or
benefit to the Chinese government, are the conditions of that people work and
live.
Actually, I really do not know what are the policies of the United
States in relation to work, but I know that is practically impossible that a
country try to control something in other country. For example, is really hard
that United States try to apply its policies in China. I think that the United
States can create a law, or something giving the permission of companies goes
out only if they meet certain goals related to working conditions. Also, the
companies could have more responsibility, for example, if they want to install
their factories in other countries, they could have a protocol that insures the
good conditions of work. The companies need to focus not just in the profit but
also in the life of their employees.
