On Saturday (September 2012), the Herald revealed that Sherrin balls were being hand-stitched by children as young as 10 for as little as 12¢ a ball. The children, almost all of them girls, were being pulled out of school to stitch balls for up to 10 hours a day, seven days a week. 

Sherrin claimed it knew nothing of the child labour and promised an investigation." Can employing child labour ever be ethical?

 

https://www.smh.com.au/national/ball-backdown-as-sherrin-ends-child-labour-20120925-26jjh.html

Analyse the ethical position of Sherrin Balls using Utilitarianism, Deontological and Relativism theories.

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Employing child labor is generally considered unethical because it violates the rights and welfare of children Children are vulnerable and need protec... View the full answer