ethical labor
Morally sound employment
Ethical labor refers to work performed under conditions that respect workers' rights, safety, and dignity—fair wages, reasonable hours, no coercion or exploitation.
The term appears most often in discussions of supply chains and consumer goods: The company claims all its products are made with ethical labor.
Closely related to fair trade, it signals concern about how things get made, not just what gets made.
- fair wagesReasonable compensation for labor
- living wageIncome covering necessities
- living conditionsCircumstances of one's dwelling
- sweatshopExploitative manufacturing workplace
- dignityInnate personal worth
union · collective bargaining · overtime · minimum wage · factory · garment · supply chain · transparency · certification · farmworkers · migrant · humane · accountability · sourcing · handmade · made by hand · artisan · cooperative
ethical laborexploitation
Selfish use of others
labor exploitation · worker exploitation · slave labor · sweatshop labor · forced labor
ethical laborwage theft
Employer withholding earned compensation
unpaid labor · wage slavery · poverty wages · starvation wages
ethical laborhuman trafficking
Criminal trade in people
debt bondage · indentured servitude · modern slavery · bonded labor · prison labor
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