1. Foreign Slave Labor

2. Definition
According to Dictionary.com the definition of slavery is “the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution”. Also, a slave is “a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.”

3. History of Slavery
Slavery as forced appropriation of labor has existed in various forms from the pre-500 BCE period.
Slavery has been found every civilization around the world.
In some civilizations cultures slaves are captives from war or other villages
Conditions for slaves are often in horrible conditions and can result in diseases or death.

4. History of Slavery in India
Slavery in India can be traced back to India’s Islamic period.
African slaves to India by Muslims through the Middle East.
During the 17th century Hindu slaves became important component to the active slave market. Due to the high demand in skilled labor.
India's larger and more advanced textile industry and agricultural production, architecture, demonstrated to its neighbors that skilled labor was needed to build a strong community.
During invasions the Mughals started their slave trade by using fellow Muslims. They used them to expand into India through the Afghan provinces in North-West India.
Slavery under European colonial powers used Indians to build colonies and use them for their knowledge of the land.

5. Child Slave Labor in India
Many children in India are being taken advantage of and put in sweatshops to work for very low wages.
Many times the children are forced to work in horrible conditions and are kept there against their own will.
In India alone, it is estimated that there are between 60 and 115 million working children, one of the highest numbers in the world.
Children in India are working in all types of industries including cultivation and agricultural, livestock, forestry, plantation, mining and quarrying, manufacturing, servicing, construction, and many others.

6. More Child Slave Labor in India
A child usually gets involved in slave labor because they need to contribute a source of income to their poor families.
A child's income accounted for between 34-37% of the total household income.
In 1986, a Child Labor Act was created to prohibit the employment of children younger than 14 in hazardous occupations and processes.
This agreement lasted briefly because it was rarely enforced.

7. Child Labor and GAP
GAP is a clothing store with many locations all over the world.
In 2008 GAP, has confessed the use of child slave workers in a factory located in India.
The children were made to believe they were going through a training process to make clothes and were not paid at all.
The company made a statement that they were not going to sell any of the clothing that was made by children in India.
A GAP sweatshop is still open in Shahpur Jat. This sweat shop has been raided multiple times by officers and every time they find more abused children working.
Gap has finally just pledged to spend $200,000 in India to improve the work conditions.

8. Ethics
Any type of slave labor at any time is unethical and sadly could be used for an operations function.
The people of GAP behaved unethically by allowing child labor to take place in their company and only so they could make more money for themselves.
Sadly, the business world is being polluted by unethical behavior and it is partially the consumers fault because they still continue to buy the products.

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