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Reflection Paper 6

Reflection Paper 6

Q Reflection Paper 6 Global Interdependence: Sweatshop Labor & U.S. Consumption Habits This assignment is designed to support Social Responsibility, particularly performance indicator 4, by developing students’ understanding of Global Interdependence. Students are asked to examine their place in the global world and their responsibility to the global community. Description of Assignment After viewing Behind the Swoosh as a class, respond to the following questions. Behind the Swoosh is a documentary, available on YouTube at the following URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5uYCWVfuPQ 1. Discuss your subjective reaction to the film. 2. There are many different and competing explanations for why this type of global inequality exists. Discuss how each of the following three theoretical approaches explains global inequality: symbolic interaction, conflict theory, and structural functionalism. 3. Identify the macro and micro-level actors involved in the situation depicted. 4. Identify a socially responsible set of actions that could be taken to achieve social justice (be sure to identify the macro and micro level actions and actors that are needed to institute effective social change).

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The subjective reaction that I had after watching this video was that of disgust for the managers who own all the decision making processes and pity for the poor laborers who are working in the factory and their family. I had an idea about the ongoing child labor at the different firms that abide by the capitalist mind set. But I had no where the close instinct that how these factories operated and how the labor force was being handled in these places. It was very shocking as well as very upsetting. I was disturbed by what I saw and I feel that Nike has no right to exploit its labor at this rate.