Midterm Question #2

1Research Philippine and one international company that have employed e-commerce.

ANSWER:
Child labor is recognized as a serious problem in the Philippines. In the third quarter of 1991, the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) estimated that there were 777,000 Filipino workers between the ages of 10 and 14, and 1.4 million between 15 and 17 years. These figures exclude the large number of working children below the age of 10.1 In a recent article, however, DOLE reportedly acknowledged that, altogether, at least five million children work in commercial and industrial sectors in the Philippines. These figures coincide with UNICEF and ILO estimates of 5 to 5.7 million working children.

The Filipino garment industry commonly uses child labor in the manufacture of products exported to the United States. Child labor is allegedly found in wood and rattan furniture making and in gold mining, but further research is required. In addition, there are reports of child labor in food processing (including sardine canning), fireworks/pyrotechnics, footwear, plastic bags, and so-called "muroami fishing", but there is little evidence that these items are exported to the United States with any regularity. There are no statistics on the number of child workers in Filipino export industries.

2.Describe how e-commerce operate in these companies.

ANSWER;
the Philippines exported over $1 billion worth of garments to the United States.Studies report that children work on a piece-work basis at home, or in makeshift work places under a subcontracting system. Children sew, make button holes, trim, fold, wash, and pack garments. In smaller factories and home sites, children also embroider and smock clothes, including baby dresses.


3.Identify the benefits, constraints derived by these companies from e-commerce.
ANSWER;
the benefits, constraints derived by these companies from e-commerce is that they help many poor children that can't supply their own needs like food, studies and shelter.They give more job for these people help them to give a chance to improve their lives. it helps also to the economy of country of job employment.