Exploiting Injustice in Mutually Beneficial Market Exchange: The Case of Sweatshop Labor

Mutually beneficial exchanges in markets can be exploitative because one party takes advantage of an underlying injustice. For instance, employers of sweatshop workers are often accused of exploiting the desperate conditions of their employees, although the latter accept the terms of their employmen...

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Main Author: Miklós, András (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2019
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 156, Issue: 1, Pages: 59-69
Further subjects:B Justice
B Sweatshops
B Labor conditions
B Fair play
B Human Rights
B Inequality
B Exploitation
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