Question 1
Explain what human rights are
1- To answer this question, I will start with defining the two words Human and Rights:
Human is a member of homo sapiens species; a woman, a man or a child; a person.
Rights are things to which you are entitled or allowed, freedoms which are guaranteed.
In other meaning a right which is believed to belong to everyone everywhere.
The very beginning of human rights was implemented by Cyrus The Great when he frees the slaves and gives them the freedom to choose their religion. The idea of human rights differs over the time created conflicts among countries ending in battles. The World War II, however, put the human rights to a serious matter. After the cruel acts against humanity and peace governments committed themselves to establish the United Nation with the primary goal to ensure that never again would anyone unjustly denied life, freedom, food, shelter, and nationality.
To establish this goal UN created the Commision of Human Rights and list them as a document spelling out the meaning of the 30 fundamental rights and protect them by law. The Commission, the forceful leadership guided by Eleanor Roosevelt’s who was the first woman president in the United States captured the world’s attention.
On December 10, 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the 56 members of the United Nations. Since then the human rights have been a legal obligation to follow and for those who wouldn't act on them would be brought to justice. However, to this day we witness scandals where cooperations break the law and still treat people against their human rights.
Source: Adapted from David Shiman, Teaching Human Rights, (Denver: Center for Teaching International Relations Publications, U of Denver, 1993): 6-7.
2 human rights from UN DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS which are related to BALA SPORTS. These Human Rights Articles are part of the HR Declaration - outline what that is.
Article 5 - explain what it is and how it is relevant to the industry and how BS can use it?
Article 23 is not been adhered to / This isn't happening across the indutstry, only in some places
Article 5 states: NO ONE SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO TORTURE OR TO CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT.
BS reported that - CASE STUDY: when visiting another factory they found to be underground in the basement of an building, the only ventilation was from holes in the ceiling. This wasn't the case in all factories therefore there isn't any standardisation across all the factories.
The idea of human rights emerged stronger after World War II. The extermination by Nazi Germany of over six million Jews, Sinti and Romani (gypsies), homosexuals, and persons with disabilities horrified the world. Trials were held in Nuremberg and Tokyo after World War II, and officials from the defeated countries were punished for committing war crimes, "crimes against peace," and "crimes against humanity."Governments then committed themselves to establishing the United Nations, with the primary goal of bolstering international peace and preventing conflict. People wanted to ensure that never again would anyone be unjustly denied life, freedom, food, shelter, and nationality.Member states of the United Nations pledged to promote respect for the human rights of all. To advance this goal, the UN established a Commission on Human Rights and charged it with the task of drafting a document spelling out the meaning of the fundamental rights and freedoms proclaimed in the Charter. The Commission, guided by Eleanor Roosevelt’s forceful leadership, captured the world’s attention.
On December 10, 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the 56 members of the United Nations. The vote was unanimous, although eight nations chose to abstain.
2- The idea of human right differ over the time, when originated by the philosophers like Thomas Hobbes and John Locke it emerged stronger after World War II. Afer the cruel acts against humanity and peace. Governments committed themselves to establish the United Nation with the primary goal of ensuring that never again would anyone be unjustly denied life, freedom, food, shelter and nationality. To establish this goal UN created the Commision of Human Rights and drafting them as a document spelling out the meaning of the fundamental rights.The Commission, guided by Eleanor Roosevelt’s forceful leadership, captured the world’s attention.
On December 10, 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the 56 members of the United Nations. The vote was unanimous, although eight nations chose to abstain.
Source: Adapted from David Shiman, Teaching Human Rights, (Denver: Center for Teaching International Relations Publications, U of Denver, 1993): 6-7.
In 1919, countries established the International Labor Organization (ILO) to oversee treaties protecting workers with respect to their rights, including their health and safety. Concern over the protection of certain minority groups was raised by the League of Nations at the end of the First World War. However, this organization for international peace and cooperation, created by the victorious European allies, never achieved its goals. The League floundered because the United States refused to join and because the League failed to prevent Japan’s invasion of China and Manchuria (1931) and Italy’s attack on Ethiopia (1935). It finally died with the onset of the Second World War (1939).Source: Adapted from David Shiman, Teaching Human Rights, (Denver: Center for Teaching International Relations Publications, U of Denver, 1993): 6-7. http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/edumat/hreduseries/hereandnow/Part-1/short-history.htm
Human Rights are moral principles or norm that describe certain standards of human behavior which are protected by law Human Rights are based on shared values like dignity, fairness, equality, respect and independence
Human Right standards differ from country to country
EXPLAIN WHETHER AND WHY YOU THINK BALA SPORTS SHOULD CONSIDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE WORKERS MAKING ITS FOOTBALLS. Intro: Nowadays our ideas of what we expect from an employment contract have develop significantly as we are more ware of the harm which can be done in the workplace and what harm is also done about the planet such as pollution, stress and the basic lack of health and safety for the workers. Business now operating in the Global environment has to pay more attention to these issues. Bala Sports was set up to...
Before Human Rights people acted on religion to gude them to be good human
Religious traditions and civic cultures have codes as
their foundations.
Not only doing the right thing but also protecting companies reputation and brand.
two aspects are; firstly- human rights challenge companies to refine their practices by engaging with the people who are affected by their operations.
BS found that -CASE STUDY "concerns remain over the treatment of employees, who are paid on average annual wage of around £700
Article 23 Outline it - only parts of it are relevant
Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to
just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
Question 2
Apply to BS - BS then can use the human rights declaration to support its campaign for fairtrade footballs in an effort to eliminate the bad practices that are still going on in some factories that it discovered in the region.
Apply to BS - given the high profile industry in which they are working, they need to ensure, more than ever, that the HR are adhered to. The industry cannot afford to have any bad press. Nike had already withdrawn its support with a local manufacturer over the violation of human rights and therefore turning its support to the work of BS. With the crowdfunding campaign in place,they need to change the perception of fairtrade as the balls are manufactured to Fifa professional standards, this will then make it easier for the manufacturers to also implement the fair trade standard.
Make a note about the interpretation of the word 'treatment' as taken in this example to refer to their working conditions and that there isn't any direct reference to punishment in the article.
Introduce the industry using data from case study - Pakistan being a region for this
Why are they relevant to BS? Repeat simply...from above
BS will make sure that its workers are treated fairly and paid a far wage as be protected by paying 10% premium so its workers and their families can have afford healthcare and education
This should be applied to all countries and ideally if MNCs didn't focus so much on costs then high rates of pay and job security could be given in Pakistan and/or develop the industry back in the UK.
BS will ensure that all its workers at its factories will be paid the fair working wage and have job security with proper conditions
BS will commit to keeping its workers in jobs by seeking to promote its products
BS will commit to setting standards tat it expects are fit for its employees and to maintain their families.
BS will ensure that all its workers work in clean and ventilated factories
BS is trying to expose these factories and take them on