The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention and In China, Human Cost Are Built Into an iPad

Countries are afraid to go to war with each other and are trying to keep the peace, however they don’t seem to realize they are at war within themselves. Day by day the people within most countries are trying to survive. Wars come and go, however the countries will still stand if they stick together. During a war most of the country is not affected by what is going on because a small group of people usually leave to go to war while the rest of the population stays and try to fend for life. Thomas L. Friedman made a good point in his article “The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention” however after reading Charles Duhigg and David Barboza’s article “In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad” I believe the people matter more than anything. Some country’s governments are putting too much weight on other counties and the money they can make by doing business with them and not enough weight on the people in their countries that are working hazardous jobs. These governments need balance their priority like the United States does or they will have more to lose then their precious money.

In “The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention” Thomas L. Friedman describe his famous theory that states “no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain, like Dell, will ever fight a war against each other as long as they are both part of the same global supply chain.” Basically, what Friedman’s theory is trying to say is if two countries are part of the same circle they can’t have an altercation because it would be bad for business on both sides and affect everyone else in that circle in one way or another. Both countries are looking for a way to survive this plummeting economy so they would not do anything to ruin their chance at b...

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...an’s idea is in the right mindset however it comes at a big cost that is not worth it in my opinion. Friedman thinks the country should not fight in order to keep from going to war. Keeping each country in harmony with each other is his whole point.

The American companies should be responsible for work conditions outside of the United States. I believe if Americans companies have enough money to take their business out of the country then they should be able to take care of the people working for them in those foreigner countries. It is not safe and the United States needs to take responsibility for that because the country they are doing business with is to blind by money to think about their workers.

Works Cited

"The Dell Thory of Conflict Prevention" by Thomas L. Friedman

"In China, Human Cost Are Built Into an iPad" by Charles Duhigg and David Barboza