Human Rights Responsibilities of MNEs-A Case Study of the Rana Plaza Disaster and Foxconn Incident

Xiaozhou Yu

doi:10.54097/hbem.v7i.6930

Authors

Xiaozhou Yu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/hbem.v7i.6930

Keywords:

Human rights, Labor rights, MNEs, labor protectionism, Rana Plaza disaster.

Abstract

MNEs promote the global economy and create opportunities for every individual. However, as every coin has two sides, MNEs' expansion can be devasting for some laborers to a certain degree, as MNEs' continuous violation of labor rights has been widely criticized. Everyone shall enjoy the same legal resource to protect themselves, which makes this issue significant. Scholars have discussed this issue for years, but solutions have yet to be offered. The paper's research topic is labor problems occurring in MNEs. By describing the Rana Plaza case and the Foxconn case and analyzing its pushing factors from a non-lawyer perspective, this paper will focus on fundamental labor rights problems in MNEs and then provide solutions to each situation. The research finds that uneven dispersal of education, poor governance, and deficiency in binding law trigger mountains of problems. If developing countries want to eliminate the problem, they can subsidize children's education, establish labor protection mechanisms, and actively comply with relevant international treaty laws.

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