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100			_aGoldman, Abigail,
245		0	_aSweat, Fear and Resignation Amid All the Toys. _cAbigail Goldman.
260			_bLos Angeles Times, _c2004.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2006. _nArticle 47, _pBusiness, _x1522-3191;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
500			_aOriginally Published: Sweat, Fear and Resignation Amid All the Toys, Nov. 26, 2004; pp. A1+.
520			_a"Just off a wide dirt road that leads to a densely packed jumble of factories, workers behind one guarded metal gate toil seven days a week, sometimes as many as 24 hours straight, making toys for about 20 cents an hour. It is a pace that makes them almost numb to the poor ventilation, the lack of bathroom breaks and a fear that they will be beaten if they complain. Sweatshops aren't unusual, of course, in a country that possesses a large and cheap workforce and a permissive government hungry to attract big business. What makes this situation notable is that these workers make products for a company widely considered one of the most socially responsible American firms: Mattel Inc." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) The article reveals that "as increasing numbers of Western manufacturers shift production to China and other developing countries, Mattel's experience underscores how difficult it is to guarantee humane working conditions and still make the ever-cheaper goods that consumers demand. It also raises the question of how much responsibility a single company should bear when it operates in parts of the world where poverty is omnipresent and the exploitation of workers is rampant."
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aEmployee rights
650			_aEmployees _xWorkload
650			_aFactories _zDeveloping countries
650			_aHuman rights _zChina
650			_aIndustries _xSocial aspects
650			_aLabor laws and legislation
610			_aMattel Inc.
650			_aOffshore assembly industry
650			_aSocial responsibility of business
650			_aSweatshops
650			_aToys
650			_aWork environment _zChina
650			_aWork environment _zIndonesia
650			_aWork environment _zMexico
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2006, _pBusiness. _x1522-3191;
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