Well, I don’t know what a mom&pop is, but generally speaking, if a business employs slave labor, I think it’s terrible, no matter the size. Dilution of responsibility is something complex to consider, but making an analogy, I think a mafia boss isn’t less responsible for a crime because they just ordered it, but didn’t do the act or know how it was going to be done.
By the way, from my experience here in Brazil, slave labor usually happens either in big corporations or in hidden places ran by criminals under the use of force. Smaller businesses in the open rarely do it.
Mom & Pop is a(n American?) colloquialism referring to small, frequently family-owned-and-operated businesses. They may not be as likely to use shady ‘I can’t believe it’s not slave labor’ practices, but they frequently have other, very glaring issues such as shitty pay, treating you like an outsider if you’re not family, and covering up the bad behavior of anyone who is.
What if you buy from a small Mom&Pop business that uses slave labor? Is that worse because the culpability is less diluted?
Well, I don’t know what a mom&pop is, but generally speaking, if a business employs slave labor, I think it’s terrible, no matter the size. Dilution of responsibility is something complex to consider, but making an analogy, I think a mafia boss isn’t less responsible for a crime because they just ordered it, but didn’t do the act or know how it was going to be done.
By the way, from my experience here in Brazil, slave labor usually happens either in big corporations or in hidden places ran by criminals under the use of force. Smaller businesses in the open rarely do it.
Mom & Pop is a(n American?) colloquialism referring to small, frequently family-owned-and-operated businesses. They may not be as likely to use shady ‘I can’t believe it’s not slave labor’ practices, but they frequently have other, very glaring issues such as shitty pay, treating you like an outsider if you’re not family, and covering up the bad behavior of anyone who is.