What Cassandra has written about the business ethics of child labor working in mines is truly shocking and horrifying. To a large extent I would agree that using child labor in such a dangerous occupation is ethically wrong for a business and at the same time morally wrong for a precious human being. Although the mining companies are exploiting the use of child labor to maximize profit, the fault shouldn’t solely be placed on these companies itself but rather on these children as well.

Considering that Africa is one of the world’s most poorest continent, these children have to accept their harsh reality of life. These children were born into a world where survival was not an offering but instead needed to be fought for.  The fact that these unemployed children were willing to face the harsh working conditions of the mines has shown that they are trying to do their best in order to survive.  Whenever an opportunity to at least earn money for survival arises, these children will seize it without hesitation despite the risks because they  never had the luxury of receiving money from their parents but rather working hard in order to get paid. Although they may be digging their own grave, there is no easy escape from such a path, the only way is to strive forward and fight for what they should deserve.

Although we may think that the mining companies are at fault, we should also consider the motivations of these children of wanting to work in such a dreadful workplace in the first place rather than putting the blame directly upon the more powerful and influential party.