Child labor issues are being discussed and debated pressing in today's society. Indeed, as consider for an example of a case-documentary "Slavery in the Chocolate Factories" from youtube (Santarchy, 2011), the number of child labor nowadays is increasing in many countries, especially in Africa countries which has been and will continue to be a difficult topic to assess on the right side or wrong side. This paper, under the perspective of a manager, will show how to conduct and resolve this important issue that to not evade the truth and accountability requirements of the business organizations which been involved and local government's method based on the implementation of child protection laws. Backed by the references and related learning, however, it cannot avoid the arguments and views from the personal opinions of the writer.
Strategic human resource management includes the development and implementation of
HR strategies. These strategies are integrated with business strategies and enable the
organization to achieve its business goals. In other words SHRM is the process of integrating human resource function with the strategic objectives of the organization in order to achieve organizational goals. Human resources are the real capital of the organization as it not only help in achieving organizational goals but also provide innovative ideas which can change the entire business process. In order to achieve its objectives an organization has to take optimum utilization of its human resources by framing strong human resource management strategies.
Talent management is a complete management approach that adds to the competitive improvement of an organization. It is a whole system that emphasizes various components of the company
About Nestle - sector, leadership
Organization culture - unique characteristics
Appraisal system - Performance Evaluation
Type of organization structure
Managing workforce diversity
Training, Learning and development practices
Employee friendly practices
Cross cultural training if any
Other relevant details about the company.
Strategic human resource management includes the development and implementation of
HR strategies. These strategies are integrated with business strategies and enable the
organization to achieve its business goals. In other words SHRM is the process of integrating human resource function with the strategic objectives of the organization in order to achieve organizational goals. Human resources are the real capital of the organization as it not only help in achieving organizational goals but also provide innovative ideas which can change the entire business process. In order to achieve its objectives an organization has to take optimum utilization of its human resources by framing strong human resource management strategies.
Talent management is a complete management approach that adds to the competitive improvement of an organization. It is a whole system that emphasizes various components of the company
About Nestle - sector, leadership
Organization culture - unique characteristics
Appraisal system - Performance Evaluation
Type of organization structure
Managing workforce diversity
Training, Learning and development practices
Employee friendly practices
Cross cultural training if any
Other relevant details about the company.
This slide presentation is on organizational culture followed by Toyota, which led them to success. Culture in the organization matter huge for success
Pepsi Co Pakistan Human Resource Management Department Zain Ali
it include Pepsi Co Pakistan information, and Human Resource Department process and the main focus is on Recruiting, Selection Process and Performance Appraisal
This slide presentation is on organizational culture followed by Toyota, which led them to success. Culture in the organization matter huge for success
Pepsi Co Pakistan Human Resource Management Department Zain Ali
it include Pepsi Co Pakistan information, and Human Resource Department process and the main focus is on Recruiting, Selection Process and Performance Appraisal
Case study of medi sys corp.- HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNidhi Ladha
This is basically a case study of a company named MediSys Corp. The case study refers to the problems faced by the company due to a launch of a new product named IntenseCare Unit which is a monitoring system. The deadline of the product launch is near and the company is facing issues to cope up with the strategies and face the competitors who are also launching a similar type of product within a day's difference. Perhaps, our presentation displays various problems and issues faced by the company and the strategy which is applied by the company's top level management and also includes solutions according to our teams related to the HR perspectives.
Solution of Case Study "Buavita" in Human Resource Approach for @ULICareersDimas Ramadhani
Solution of Case Study "Buavita" in Human Resource Approach. This slide is registration requirement of Unilever Future Leaders' League 2013. I do Human Resource Approach. Please give me a feedback. Thanks
The Dark Side of Chocolate is about the exploitation and slave trading of African children to harvest chocolate still occurring nearly ten years after the cocoa industry pledged to end it.
This is a presentation that I gave during a masters seminar in Children's Rights at Ryerson University's Masters of Early Childhood Studies program. Please contact me for more information or visit www.nickpetten.com to read the accompanying paper on the same topic.
This paper is a multi-county, multi-dimensional rigorous analysis of immensely critical and continuously expanding socio-economic crisis that has engulfed many developing countries which calls for immediate action to preserve our present and future. This paper is an embodiment of a study of all factors that are seriously
responsible for promoting child labor in most of the less-developed, low-income, emerging, middle-income countries. Based on empirical data, and other research articles, this paper investigates the problem from political, social and economic, and cultural aspects. This paper identifies the roots of the crisis and attempts to bridge the existing gap between policy and implementation so as to make theworld child labor free.
Children's Rights and Business Principles in AseanEthical Sector
Vicky Bowman spoke to a group of government officials working on human rights, and children’s issues, from the 10 ASEAN member states and the ASEAN Secretariat, at a training convened by the Secretariat, Ateneo de Manila University Human Rights Center, and Save the Children.
Multistakeholder Consultation on MCRB’s Child Rights and Business Briefing PaperEthical Sector
On 6 December 2016, MCRB held a consultation in Yangon to receive feedback and engage in discussion on the draft Children’s Rights and Business Briefing paper which will be published next year.
Read more: http://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/consultation-childrens-rights-and-business-briefing-paper.html
Augmented Reality Children's Book ProjectMaxie Tran
"What is Augmented Reality?"
Augmented reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data.
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"Brief"
As a team of students at Kingston University. we were tasked with exploring present innovations and industry practices in the area of Augmented Reality.
This knowledge would be used to create an interactive children’s book using an existing AR application, based on our acquired knowledge, or develop a customised one.
Taking advantage of our mixed disciplinary team we covered aspects of user experience design, interactivity, the use of animation and the gamification to make our deliverables stand out and be competitive on the market.
CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS STRATEGY - THE BIG ISSUE FOUNDATIONMaxie Tran
This report consists of three main sections that focus on analyzing and evaluating the current situation of "The Big Issue Foundation" (a non-profit organization which will be referred in short as 'TBI' in the report). Through answering the requests, the report also offers a number of suggestion for TBI' strategy that they should concern to keep promoting the value of their brand and image in the future of next 5-7 years.
Methods of analysis include the use of analytical business models as SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, McKinsey 7S to have a specific look for internal capabilities of TBI as well as apply PESTEL to assess factors affecting from the external environment. Then by using TOWS model, the report proposes some recommendation for business strategies of TBI (e.g. how to maximize the company' strengths to take advantage of their opportunities).
Results of data analyzed show that TBI can face the most with the impact from the changes of technology in the present time as also in near future, when more and more customers are moving towards the digital products. Nonetheless, the report also indicates that TBI, with their unique distribution model, accompanied by the distinct brand values, along with an excellent leadership team would have the solution even for the worst case scenario to their business. The general conclusion is that the current situation of the company has no bad sign but their financial issues need to be considered further when most the funding of TBI depends mainly from the external sources' contribution.
The report also investigates the fact that the analysis conducted has limitations. All data and information were searching from the Internet and analysis has mainly been focused on the financial statement of the business; therefore, the report may not avoid some shortcomings as well as the subjective perspectives. In addition, the most recent information in the present time has not been announced and the predictions of the TBI's business in the future are based on past performance.
With all of the great respect,
Here is the dew of my sweat and blood which I have spent all of my efforts to dedicate to my family, my friends, my previous and current teachers and also for my own, the dream of my life, Walt Disney (i.e. my philosophy)
Hakuna Matata!!
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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“Designing a Business” (DAB) was a great sound to me from the first day that I saw it in the list of my elective modules of my Master course. Even though I had to wait for being a part of the DAB-class for two months later because of making the wrong selections, I thought I still got what I needed from the DAB-lectures and much more than that by somehow.
As a mixed module of Designing and Business, “DAB” gave all students the chances and opportunities to make their real business from the first of first steps (Mace Kingston, 2013). Students would start from finding their group as to become a small company. Every team, then, focused on the most simple thing as creating an idea, making prototype of product into harder things as doing market research, manufacturing the real goods, setting up social network and finally, making it real as selling their products in the market, doing financial calculations and so on.
There could be many and many things to write for what or which a student could learn from “DAB” and all of the key learning is also able to be different based on various view of each student. As the purpose of this report is a reflective essay of a Master student in Business, I do not want to avoid mentioning about any lesson in business aspects as Finance, Marketing, Human resource and so on. Nonetheless, in my personal perspective, I already had many and many times to study and learn them from thousands of books, on Internet and also in other modules of my Master course. Thus, from my own experience, the most important and expensive lessons for me from DAB is not only about ‘how to design a business’. It is about Designing Me and having a strategic planning for my missions in near future and I also wrote about them here in the way of my-own. This seems to be how a true reflective essay should be and also become an explanation for any reason why I focus on writing this report like this.
As follow the general principle, the structure and the writing style of this report must be in an academic way. However, while it is in first person that it can be informal and become a story, I guarantee for every single word and sentence has been written carefully (I have tried my best with my poor English) and I hope that reading this “DAB-tale” may not become a boring journey but very enjoyable.
OPERATION MANAGEMENT REPORT: A CASE-STUDY ON THE KEY STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONA...Maxie Tran
This report focuses on analyzing the key strategic and business operation issues of a Starbucks coffee shop on 91 Clarence high street in Kingston town (Kingston Upon Thames, London, UK). The report identifies the business context and main operational aspects of this Starbucks shop which will be shown briefly in the Introduction part.
Methods of analysis include the secondary-data, primary-data (qualitative and quantitative research), relevant theories and relative information from books, online databases, as also student’s works and so on.
The report figures out the problems of this Starbucks shop, such as the atmosphere and layout inside the store, as also some customer services. However, those issues depend on many different cases which cannot meet a specific solution to improve themselves. In addition, the general feedback of customers indicates that although the problems exist, these issues are not big impacts.
Recommendation for the business of this Starbucks shop is to keep managing their current operating system and extend their competitive advantage, based on the ideal location (order-winner), to target the potential segment customers as non-coffee drinkers.
This report might not avoid the shortcomings and limitations itself. For instance, a lack of experience in doing the actual surveys which led to incomplete data and information; some results are based on past performance or general context which can be subjective.
From the beginning of 15th century, the transaction and global trade between the countries and continents have gradually formed and developed (The Political System, n.d.). Nevertheless, a new concept that happened in recent years is that those developments and the advent of the Internet through the achievements of science and technology are completely changing the face of the world in all aspects. Owing to the Internet, the world becomes globalized (Friedman, 2005). However, it cannot be denied that globalization in the Internet has both advantages and disadvantages. This essay will analyze the aspects of the globalized Internet in terms of economy. It will look at the positive and negative sides of the Internet applications based on the history of the Internet Web browsers, from the initiative of Netscape to the competition between Netscape and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer on the Internet business market. This essay includes the arguments on those issues to conclude that there are more positive effects which play an important role in the worldwide economy nowadays.
EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF ‘SUCCESS’ BY COMPARING AND EVALUATING TWO LEGENDS, REN...Maxie Tran
Success is a combination of letters which has been repeated in everyday life nowadays. However, one of the biggest problems might be faced by humankind is to understand precisely the concept of success (Jordan, G.M., 2013). Unfortunately, success is literally a word which cannot be described in words. Defining success effectively, people may keep their eyes on some successful stories of the great people. This essay will do a research on two legends’ success, René Descartes and Walt Disney, followed by cited their famous quotes: “Cogito ergo sum” and “If you can dream it, you can do it” (Brainy Quote, 2013). After comparing and evaluating their successful stories, it illustrates the difference aspects of the meaning of success in life; one opinion of having succeeded is to identify someone’s own intrinsic figure; whereas another perspective is far beyond. Being successful could be based on the realization of their dream and motivation to make it become reality; success is seemed to be able to see as an extrinsic tangible object by the result of reaching human’s dream.
What pushes everyone to move forward, it is called a motivation. From a psychological perspective, it is the reasons or just the causes of an action which makes people wants to step toward to their future goals. We can see the examples of motivation everywhere in life such as an athlete practicing a lot before the competition day, a student working hard before his examination or as a business man preparing his speech carefully for a conference. There are so many types of motivations to talk about but in this essay, we will discuss on the motivation of following dreams.
Dream is what occurs when we fall in sleep, it is the simplest definition. Dream can be a series of images, ideas, emotions and sensations of people’s mind but the dream that we are referring to here is the dream as a longing, a desire or an ambition.
Finance is perceived as a key factor of business organisations and all activities that an organisation implements requires a commitment of financial resources (Caralli et al., 2010). Therefore, Financial Resources Management (FRM) is formed for the purpose to request, receive, manage, and apply financial resources, such as external sources or internal sources, to support resilience objectives and requirements. The aim of this essay assignment refers to the importance of FRM in business and it is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on analysing the financial statement of Apollo Group Plc retailer, and brings out comments as assessments on this company's financial management after calculating and interpreting the ratios in their report reasonably. The second part focuses on considering the directors' investment of Delos Ltd (Media Division). By calculating the costs, capital as net cash flows, accounting rate and so on carefully, this part will identify whether the project should be accepted or not and also give some discussion on that.
To have an effective marketing strategy is to evaluate and understand how importance of a brand meaning. Through some articles and research, a brand can be seen through the following three points:
1. The definition, characteristics and architecture of a brand
2. Global versus local brand
3. Brand extensions
This paper’s purpose is to summarize the significant aspects of the definition, characteristic and architecture of a brand.
THE MARKETING ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND AN ILLUSTRATIVE SAMPLE FOR THEIR IMPA...Maxie Tran
Marketing is an indispensable factor for deciding the success of a business. Nonetheless, creating an effective marketing strategy as well as a proper marketing decision has been influenced by many factors and the greatest impacts are from the macro-environmental factors. The purpose of this essay assignment is to introduce these factors briefly. Based on the basic model of the macro-environment factors as known as PEST analysis system and an empirical example of the men’s fragrances industry in the UK, this assignment will also indicate the importance and a sizeable influence of those above factors to the marketing strategy and tactics of an organization, whether it is large or small.
GLOBALIZATION IN AN UNDENIABLE ASPECT: THE EFFECTS OF THE WORLDWIDE INTERNET ...Maxie Tran
In 1492, Christopher Columbus started his voyage to explore a new world but the result of his journey was far beyond for giving a proof that the Earth is spherical and smaller than any fantasy verdict of science about globe at that time (Biography, 2013). Followed Columbus’s generating footsteps, there had been many changes around the globe. The transaction, international trade between the countries and continents, gradually formed and developed (The Political System, n.d.). Nevertheless, an interesting concept happened in recent years is that those developments of the gradual results and the advent of the Internet through the achievements of science and technology are changing the world in the opposite way once again. The Earth is flat and owing to the Internet, the globe becomes globalized (Friedman, 2005). However, it cannot be denied that globalization in Internet has both advantages and disadvantages. This essay will analyze the aspects of the globalized internet in terms of economy. It will look at the positive and negative sides of the Internet applications based on the history of the Internet Web browsers, from the initiative of Netscape to the competition between Netscape and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, and then to the replacement of Google Chrome on the Internet business market. This essay includes the arguments on those issues to conclude that there are more positive effects which play an important role in the worldwide economy nowadays.
CULTURAL DISTANCE: HOW IS IT MEASURED AND HOW DOES IT IMPACT ON GLOBAL MARKE...Maxie Tran
Cultural distance is a well-known terms which been used in Business in general and in the field of Marketing in particular; and when it has been recognized to be as a dimension that means it can be measured. In a few decades, there were a several pioneers who have researched and invented some different methods to
measure this distance. For instance, the model of Hofstede and Trompenaars based on extrapolating the data a set of distributed questionnaires among the employees; whereas Shalom Schwartz’s frameworks focused on the nature of basic human values by a survey among people from cross-cultural countries. This essay assignment firstly aims to evaluate those methods critically to compare some methods of the cultural
measurement and also figures out the strengths and weakness as the influences which they have. In addition to this, because the cultural gap creates an enormous impact on the inevitability of global marketing operations; therefore, the rest of this assignment will focus on analyzing and identifying that issue by explaining the reason Coca-Cola failed on the international market by a crisis itself in 1999. It also
interprets the awareness off the importance of the cultural distance by the way Coca-Cola changed their marketing activities to have been adapted to fit the diverse culture from different countries as restored the Coca-Cola’s prosperity and keep being successful.
Digital Transformation and IT Strategy Toolkit and TemplatesAurelien Domont, MBA
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Implicitly or explicitly all competing businesses employ a strategy to select a mix
of marketing resources. Formulating such competitive strategies fundamentally
involves recognizing relationships between elements of the marketing mix (e.g.,
price and product quality), as well as assessing competitive and market conditions
(i.e., industry structure in the language of economics).
Business Valuation Principles for EntrepreneursBen Wann
This insightful presentation is designed to equip entrepreneurs with the essential knowledge and tools needed to accurately value their businesses. Understanding business valuation is crucial for making informed decisions, whether you're seeking investment, planning to sell, or simply want to gauge your company's worth.
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RMD24 | Retail media: hoe zet je dit in als je geen AH of Unilever bent? Heid...BBPMedia1
Grote partijen zijn al een tijdje onderweg met retail media. Ondertussen worden in dit domein ook de kansen zichtbaar voor andere spelers in de markt. Maar met die kansen ontstaan ook vragen: Zelf retail media worden of erop adverteren? In welke fase van de funnel past het en hoe integreer je het in een mediaplan? Wat is nu precies het verschil met marketplaces en Programmatic ads? In dit half uur beslechten we de dilemma's en krijg je antwoorden op wanneer het voor jou tijd is om de volgende stap te zetten.
Putting the SPARK into Virtual Training.pptxCynthia Clay
This 60-minute webinar, sponsored by Adobe, was delivered for the Training Mag Network. It explored the five elements of SPARK: Storytelling, Purpose, Action, Relationships, and Kudos. Knowing how to tell a well-structured story is key to building long-term memory. Stating a clear purpose that doesn't take away from the discovery learning process is critical. Ensuring that people move from theory to practical application is imperative. Creating strong social learning is the key to commitment and engagement. Validating and affirming participants' comments is the way to create a positive learning environment.
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Sustainability has become an increasingly critical topic as the world recognizes the need to protect our planet and its resources for future generations. Sustainability means meeting our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. It involves long-term planning and consideration of the consequences of our actions. The goal is to create strategies that ensure the long-term viability of People, Planet, and Profit.
Leading companies such as Nike, Toyota, and Siemens are prioritizing sustainable innovation in their business models, setting an example for others to follow. In this Sustainability training presentation, you will learn key concepts, principles, and practices of sustainability applicable across industries. This training aims to create awareness and educate employees, senior executives, consultants, and other key stakeholders, including investors, policymakers, and supply chain partners, on the importance and implementation of sustainability.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Develop a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles and concepts that form the foundation of sustainability within corporate environments.
2. Explore the sustainability implementation model, focusing on effective measures and reporting strategies to track and communicate sustainability efforts.
3. Identify and define best practices and critical success factors essential for achieving sustainability goals within organizations.
CONTENTS
1. Introduction and Key Concepts of Sustainability
2. Principles and Practices of Sustainability
3. Measures and Reporting in Sustainability
4. Sustainability Implementation & Best Practices
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𝐓𝐉 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐬 (𝐓𝐉 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬) is a professional event agency that includes experts in the event-organizing market in Vietnam, Korea, and ASEAN countries. We provide unlimited types of events from Music concerts, Fan meetings, and Culture festivals to Corporate events, Internal company events, Golf tournaments, MICE events, and Exhibitions.
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"𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬."
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Human Resource Management: Case-Study on 'Slavery in the Chocolate Factories'
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Human Resource Management Assignment
Abstract
One key component of Human Resource Management (HRM) is outsourcing (Heathfield, 2013). Hence, this
assignment would like to mention a problem about child labor and child trafficking based on a sample as a
case-documentary "Slavery in the Chocolate Factories" to bring some insight and understanding of practice
human resource management in ethical and human right (Santarchy, 2011). The issues above have an
enormous impact on the business activities and organisation management in multiple aspects not only to
local but also to global. From the theory and concepts involved, as well as useful information, this
assignment's purpose is to evaluate the case revolves around and makes plans to solve the problem for the
local authorities as well as stakeholders (e.g. companies, members of society whom have responsibility on
those issues). The settlement which is considered as the most effective is not hiding the truth about child
labor and requires accountability from individual governments to organizations that concerned.
HRM Assignment
Child labor issues are being discussed and debated pressing in today's society. Indeed, as consider for an
example of a case-documentary "Slavery in the Chocolate Factories" from youtube (Santarchy, 2011), the
number of child labor nowadays is increasing in many countries, especially in Africa countries which has
been and will continue to be a difficult topic to assess on the right side or wrong side. This paper, under the
perspective of a manager, will show how to conduct and resolve this important issue that to not evade the
truth and accountability requirements of the business organizations which been involved and local
government's method based on the implementation of child protection laws. Backed by the references and
related learning, however, it cannot avoid the arguments and views from the personal opinions of the
writer.
First is a summary of the main aspects from case-documentary. The issue revolves around the child labor
and child trafficking in the countries (e.g. Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger) of Africa who worked in
the chocolate industry. With undercover as using hidden camera and exchanges information with local
people and Interpol, the documentary film gave an evidence that children (ages 7-15) had to work in the
cocoa plantations and became an economic source for poor families in Ivory Coast, Africa. This is according
to not human right as unethical. Governments and the stakeholders did not take responsibility and give the
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reasons for denial on the issue. The organisation which bought cocoa, such as Nestle, Kraft, also quibbled
and refused to see the proof about the child labor issue. It has been suggested to have solutions on that.
Figure 1. Statistic on Working Children and Education (DOL, 2012)
Based on the information from UNICEF (2003), it can be considered as optimal with six possible solutions
for this problem. First is to understand and comply with the law and international legal standards for the
protection of labor rights and children. The criteria should relate directly to business and explains why the
priorities and operational procedures of the organization that be made clear and transparent. Second is to
evaluate the different types of standards and rules on corporate social responsibility (CSR) with particular
reference on the organization and stakeholders (e.g. businesses, trade unions, local government and the
United Nations). Third is to give the evidence of such measures with the media, the press to force the
government and other organizations have started to implement a solution. Fourth, learning how to solve
this problem in the past or have occurred previously in a number of countries represented victims of child
labor such as India and China. Fifth is to execute a number of sanctions if organizations or stakeholders
make mistakes and shortcomings in matters of child labor. Sixth is building a sense of responsibility to the
community to help solve the child labor problem.
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Figure 2. International Conventions and Selected Laws on Child Labor and Education (DOL, 2012)
To implement the six methods above, it has been argued to first analyze the reasons that children have
become a source of labor. This is definitely a very controversial issue because according to the ethical
standards, this problem is wrong. However, on the other hand, child labor is the supplies for their whole
family. Besides, as Nieburg (2013) mentioned in his article, alongside measures to solve this problem, the
chocolate industry, including Nestle, Barry Callebaut and so on had pledged $10m to support this case but
there were nothing that been solved.
Figure 3. (Source: Nieburg, 2013)
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With the fourth workarounds that described above, it may consider and learn according to United States
Department of Labor, with some remedies to promote the elimination of the worst forms of child labor in
Côte d'Ivoire such as using laws and regulations, coordination and enforcement, policies and social
programs [See Figure 4].
Figure 4. The actions would advance the elimination of the worst forms of child labor in Côte d’lvoire
(DOL, 2012)
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According to UNICEF (2005, p.7), it was stated that "trafficking of children links all countries and Regions in
a web of international crime". The solution might be to build a protective environment that requires
commitment and responsibility for children rights from all members of society. Adding to this point, it can
also be the implementation of campaigns and social development, as well as development initiatives that
aimed on helping and protecting children and young people or having the appropriate sanctions for for the
unethical actions.
Figure 5. The Protective Environment (Unicef, 2005, p. 25)
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Long-term prevention of child trafficking requires factors make children vulnerable to trafficking must be
removed. According to the NSPCC (2013), the strategy of the UK government focuses on four areas of antitrafficking as follows:
Figure 6. (Source: NSPCC, 2013)
Taking everything into consideration, it can be considered that the child labor issue has affected not only
local problems but also globe’s business operations and management. According to the case-documentary
(Santarchy, 2011), there was 42% cocoa in the world today that be imported from Ivory Coast; nonetheless,
the government as the companies which buy and use cocoa pretended not knowing or ignoring those
problem. Although this paper has pointed out some recommendations to solve the child labor and
trafficking issues, it still remains many unsolved problem in the distant future which is more difficult to be
settled. In addition, ethical standard revolves around small and narrow boundaries between right and
wrong. Overall, the best solution which this paper has shown that to bring the truth out to the public and
requires the responsibility from government to the involving organisation as to all members of the
community and society.
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