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This 11 page paper looks at what a company can and ought to do to ensure that there is no child labour in its operations and supply chain, looking at the human rights issues as well ad the general issues involved in terms of measures that can be taken directly and indirectly to avoid the need for child labour. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
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with the article 32 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child which states "States Parties recognize the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and
from performing any work that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the childs education, or to be harmful to the childs health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral
or social development" (United Nations, 1990). However, it is worth noting that this is carefully worded and does not totally prevent child labour taking place. Therefore, it is possible to
see it is not only an issue of whether or not child labour takes place; it is also an issue of how it takes place. The way in which
children are used may invariably lead to claims of exploitation and unfairness, as when they are working children are unable to enjoy their childhood and are missing out on education.
Companies, especially in developing areas, which want cheap labour, may be attracted to the use of children. The difficulty is the way that western values may be enforced when the
context is considered. Even in the western developed world the idea of outlawing child labour is relativity recent, only being eliminated within the last century (Haralambos and Holborn, 2004). Prior
to this it was common for children to work, even seen as beneficial to their spirit as well as economically necessary for the families survival (Haralambos and Holborn, 2004).It is
only as societies has evolved that there has been a change of values. In developing countries and societies where child labour is found the context and social perceptions can
be different, which children feeling that it is their duty and a way of helping the families rather than seeing it as unfair (Omokhodion et al, 2006, Biggeri et al
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