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100 1 _aRoss, J. Elliot
_q(John Elliot),
_d1884-1946
245 1 0 _aConsumers and Wage-Earners: The Ethics of Buying Cheap
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2013-06-26
505 0 _aThe point at issue -- Obligations of the consuming class -- What is a just employer? -- Theory of industrial organization -- Industrial conditions: wages -- Industrial conditions: health -- Industrial conditions: morals -- What should the individual consumer do?
508 _aProduced by Caitlin Hesser, Odessa Paige Turner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
520 _a"Consumers and Wage-Earners: The Ethics of Buying Cheap" by J. Elliot Ross is a socio-economic treatise written in the early 20th century. This work addresses the ethical implications of consumer choices in relation to labor conditions, particularly focusing on the responsibilities of consumers toward fair wages for workers. The book explores the interconnectedness of the consuming class and wage-earners, raising critical questions about economic justice and moral obligation. At the start of the text, Ross introduces a poignant comparison between a child purchasing a prize-bag and the young women laboring under poor conditions to produce these items. He uses this analogy to frame the broader issues of exploitation in industry, suggesting that consumers who seek cheap prices are, perhaps unknowingly, complicit in sustaining unjust labor practices. The opening portion not only sets the stage for exploring the obligations consumers have toward the wage-earners but also establishes a critical perspective on the nature of economic responsibilities in modern society. Ross argues that if employers fail to uphold their duties to laborers, the consuming class must consider their own ethical obligations regarding fair labor practices and wages. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWages -- United States
653 _aWages
653 _aConsumers -- United States
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43040
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