Multinational corporations provide a living wage There has been a major controversy with multinational corporations employing foreign workers at very low wages for arduous hours. Working in atrocious conditions in underdeveloped countries solely to produce export products for Western consumers is usually the only option for foreign workers trying to support themselves and their families. In this essay, I will argue that any multinational company operating in a developing country must not only pay its employees a living wage, but also provide them with safe working conditions. Exploiting the wages of foreign workers and making them work in poor conditions will cast a negative light on these multinational companies, damaging their reputation. Multinational corporations can be considered ethically and morally right in some cases by adding a few extra cents to the employee's salary to achieve a living wage and furthermore by providing workers with a safe and healthy working environment. There have always been negative attributions attached to the term “sweatshops” or “sweat factories” and there are many legitimate reasons for this. Sweatshops are considered any work environment that involves intensive labor and sometimes child labor receiving unfair compensation in which employees can hardly survive. These workers work extremely long hours in dangerous conditions that could result in serious injury or death. On top of all these unreasonable conditions, employees may be subjected to mental and even physical abuse at the hands of their employers. One of the most central attributes of sweatshops is the low pay of the employee. The main reason...... middle of paper ......n in order to try to provide for themselves and their families. Once employed, these foreign workers understand that they cannot sufficiently provide for their families and are trapped in these inadequate conditions due to the lack of opportunities elsewhere. These underlying conditions are what attract the selfish shareholder who engages in the “race to the bottom” to increase profit margins. Providing a decent wage and ensuring health and safety in the workplace is maintained will not jeopardize the company's bottom line due to the importance of their profit margins. As a multinational company, the accomplishment of these tasks will highlight the company's reputation for reducing the number of workplace accidents and fatalities occurring and also providing a salary that demonstrates human dignity for abolish exploitation..