MANGO REPUBLIC
999 Broadway New York, NY
(212) 123-1234
Memorandum

TO: All Employees
FROM: Yingyao Zhang, CEO of Mango Republic & Co.
DATE: July 31, 2015
SUBJECT: The Use of Sweatshop

Since the Mango Republic Company (MRC) was founded in 1993, it has been running profitable and known for its good quality for the last decade. To keep being competitive in the apparel industry and lower the costs on production, the executive boards have decided to create a new sweatshop to develop our clothing line. This letter is to announce this decision to you all employees and we would love to get feedback from you so that we can collect your opinions on the use of our company’s sweatshop.

As the CEO of the MRC, I agree with the idea of using sweatshops outside the United States since in this case its advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Why do companies choose oversea sweatshops? The reasons are simple, it is much more cost-effective for corporations to subcontract their manufacturing to suppliers who produce goods cheaply by minimizing worker salaries and benefits, skimping on factory and dormitory upkeep and standards, and demanding high levels of productivity from their workers. Besides all the defects the sweatshop cause, like getting paid less than minimum wages, horrible working condition, too long working hours and child labor, sweatshop is a good thing overall. Sweatshops make the local people better off by providing jobs that pay better than other alternatives, and they are contributing to a process of economic development that has the potential to offer dramatic living increases. Many developing countries grasp the opportunities to develop their economy through exporting products from sweatshops.

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