Comments on: Employee rights and responsibilities part 9: Cultural differences or abuse of rights? http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/employee-rights-and-responsibilities-part-9-cultural-differences-or-abuse-of-rights Discussion about ethical issues relating to business Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:10:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: drew http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/employee-rights-and-responsibilities-part-9-cultural-differences-or-abuse-of-rights#comment-2407 drew Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:04:33 +0000 http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/?p=273#comment-2407 Brad, As long as the developed world remains hooked on oil, an addiction which Saudi Arabia helps to feed, then the developed world is likely to continue to look the other way with respect to human rights abuses in that country. I guess expatriates from the developed nations have an advantage in this respect over local within the host country or migrants from poorer nations. That advantage is that expatriates in the developed world have is that they can always pack their and leave if things get too bad, an option not available to locals or migrants from poor countries. This gives rich world expatriates a considerable advantage in terms of standing up for their own rights, and the inability of migrants from poor countries to do this makes them more vulnerable to exploitation. Also, I suppose from my own perspective, although Korea has a very strict social order, it is certainly a more than accommodating country with respect to human rights (I can't say the same for North Korea of course), which means that despite the problems which I alluded to in the post, expatriates tend to expect (and receive) generally fair treatment from host employers. Brad,

As long as the developed world remains hooked on oil, an addiction which Saudi Arabia helps to feed, then the developed world is likely to continue to look the other way with respect to human rights abuses in that country.

I guess expatriates from the developed nations have an advantage in this respect over local within the host country or migrants from poorer nations. That advantage is that expatriates in the developed world have is that they can always pack their and leave if things get too bad, an option not available to locals or migrants from poor countries.

This gives rich world expatriates a considerable advantage in terms of standing up for their own rights, and the inability of migrants from poor countries to do this makes them more vulnerable to exploitation.

Also, I suppose from my own perspective, although Korea has a very strict social order, it is certainly a more than accommodating country with respect to human rights (I can’t say the same for North Korea of course), which means that despite the problems which I alluded to in the post, expatriates tend to expect (and receive) generally fair treatment from host employers.

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/employee-rights-and-responsibilities-part-9-cultural-differences-or-abuse-of-rights#comment-2396 Brad Shorr Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:06:52 +0000 http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/?p=273#comment-2396 Hi Andrew, Your experience brings a fresh perspective to this topic. I suppose the challenge is that some countries (such as Saudi Arabia) have very strict, repressive cultures (by our standards), and others are quite flexible and accommodating. Your standards make sense, but doesn't it seem that we sometimes "look the other way" on human rights issues when there's money at stake? <abbr><em>Brad Shorrs last blog post..<a href="http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/marketing/put-a-little-love-in-your-marketing/" rel="nofollow">Put a Little Love in Your Marketing</a></abbr></em> Hi Andrew, Your experience brings a fresh perspective to this topic. I suppose the challenge is that some countries (such as Saudi Arabia) have very strict, repressive cultures (by our standards), and others are quite flexible and accommodating. Your standards make sense, but doesn’t it seem that we sometimes “look the other way” on human rights issues when there’s money at stake?

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