The Global Child Labor Problem: What Do We Know and What Can We Do? While child labor violations can affect minors of all backgrounds, "a lot of the kids we see working in exploitative situations tend to be from immigrant families" and Latino, Maki said. J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics, M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration, M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration > M14 - Corporate Culture ; Diversity ; Social Responsibility, https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/111403, Child Labour Ethics through the Prism of Utilitarianism and Deontology, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility. To be the main factors contributing to CL, predominantly present in developing countries. US officials said on Monday that the Department of Labor had seen a nearly 70 percent increase in child labour violations since 2018, with 835 companies found to have [12] Chen, J.C. and Roberts, R.W. The increase in unlawful child labor cases has come as the number of migrant minors entering U.S. border custody without their parents has reached record [online]. Child Labour. WebChild Labour: An Ethical Assesment This work is based on the application of two ethical theories, deontology and utilitarianism theory, to evaluate CL from an ethics perspective. And when we look at the increase in child labor violations, we have to ask ourselves the question, how are we letting this happen in 2022, 2023?". Although the concept of the greater good is generally appealing, the authors background shapes his judgment in the light of European values. This month, Packers Sanitation Services paid a $1.5 million fine for employing 102 children to work in dangerous meatpacking facility jobs across eight states. This repository has been built using EPrints software. Available at: https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/AFR6231832016ENGLISH.PDF. Integrative Social Contracts Theory: A Communitarian Conception of Economic Ethics. The Iowa bill would also let some youth under 16 drive themselves to work and extend the hours teenagers could work. (First published in 1863). Also, in a utilitarian analysis all interest groups are regarded equally, i.e. The important ignorance on ethics in Utilitarianism, bring the consideration of justice and rights. From a deontological perspective, child labour can never be ethical and should always be rejected as it is not wanted to become a general law. Journal of Business Ethics, 19(1), pp.2133. Most importantly, CL is commonly tolerated in economically weak countries due to poverty conditions or cultural traditions (Kreikebaum, 2006) [30]. Challenges and perspectives of child labor. David Weil, who was Labor Department wage and hour administrator under President Barack Obama and failed to win Senate confirmation to return to that job under President Joe Bidena verycostly defeatdiagnosed this phenomenon in his indispensable 2013 bookThe Fissured Workplace. THIS IS WHAT WE DIE FOR - HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICOF THE CONGO POWER THE GLOBAL TRADE IN COBALT. This might also increase the unemployment rate among adults, as more importance is attached to children (Abe and Ogawa, 2017 [62]; Chakraborty and Chakraborty, 2018 [63] ). The good news is that the Cheetos youre snacking on or the Fruit of the Loom socks warming your feet may have been manufactured right here in the United States. UNICEF was the first international institution to grant children human rights independent of their parents through the UNCRC (1989) [19], marking a milestone in the fight for children (Radfar et al., 2018) [11]. Corporate social responsibility and access to finance. (Just kidding.). "At a time when they were saying there are labor shortages, they were finding kids that would do the work," Maki says of the recent Packers Sanitation case. WebWe are focused on transforming farming practices at the heart of the food system while enabling a just and equitable transition. [36] Maki, R. (2017). You have hands, make use of them! Child labour in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Tanzania: You Have Hands, Make use of Them! Journal of International Development, 28(7), pp.10131028. Part of the division's focus is on prevention educating teens about their rights and employers about their responsibilities and strategies to ensure compliance. But Frito-Lay and General Mills couldnt do it without Hearthside, the countrys largest contract manufacturer. [57] SOMO, ALR and LRDP (2017). [29] ILAB (2018). [11] Chamarbagwala, R. (2008). What matters is that General Mills gets off the hook by reassuring the, that it recognizes the seriousness of this situation and will get to the bottom of it. (2014). expert interviews in order to obtain expert opinions on this topic would certainly be insightful and would provide future researchers with new avenues of research. 4757. Available at: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/resources/reports/child-labor/colombia [Ac-cessed May 1, 2020]. (1993). WebChild labor also changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Looman says most violations occur in places where it's appropriate for minors to work, meaning teenagers are working too many hours at a grocery store or operating a fryer and staying too late at a fast-food chain. Review of Political Economy, 19(1), pp.2135. This involves technical farmer support and investments in community projects that will facilitate the reduction of child labour. Press. For their part, Hearthside and Forge both assured theTimesthat they obey the law. Stamford: Cengage Learning. World Development Perspectives, 13, pp.5066. She also said minors who want to work deserve the same level of choice as those who want to participate in other after-school activities. [19] Ferrell, O.C., Fraedrich, J. and Ferrell, L. (2015). But Looman says the division is troubled by the fact that investigators are finding more children working in dangerous jobs. Surely youve heard of Frito-Lay, which makes Cheetos, and General Mills, which makes Lucky Charms and Nature Valley granola bars. However, concepts such as dignity, freedom, wellbeing and autonomy are central to both (Van Staveren, 2007) [24]. 4 The different moral concepts regarding CL make it particularly difficult to effectively impose Western morals (Wiredu, 2008) [20]. Nestl, a leading food and beverage business with headquarters in Switzerland, is a good example. INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION There is a surprising association between chocolate and child labor in the Cote d'Ivoire. The integration of theoretical findings into a practical business context provides additional value for managers and global supply chain managers. Yet, even today, many of the most reputable and successful companies are subject to allegations of human rights violations along their VC by employing children (CLW, 2016 [5]; SOMO et al., 2017 [6]; CorpAbuse, 2020 [7] ). Attempting to assign blame between these two is a fools errand. Available at: https://www.unicef.org/protection/files/Child_Labour_and_UNICEF_in_Action.pdf. WebAlthough child labor has been the norm throughout history, the fact of children working and the difficult conditions under which children work occasionally become more evident. For instance, despite the rejection by the categorical imperative, CL offers benefits to some stakeholders (Marques, 2015) [25]. [online]. A wholesale reordering of how corporations are regulated, including new legislation, will likely be necessary to assign real accountability for how the workers who make brand-name products get treated. [14] CLW (2016). Yet, the ground for this condition may also have the opposite effect. Furthermore, shareholders are benefitting from CL in form of higher ROI since production is carried out at low wage costs, the expenditure is thus lower which in turn results in a higher yield (Manda et al., 2003 [45]; Sprinkle and Maines, 2010 [53] ). But theres another, more obvious culprit hiding in plain sight. There's no excuse for "why these alarming violations are occurring, with kids being employed where they shouldn't even be in the first place," Looman says. From that point, they reduce costs, and maximize their net benefits from child slavery. The new measures, which include the launching of an interagency task force and enhanced tracking of minors who enter the country alone, were announced in the wake of media reports, including by NBC News, on children working grueling jobs in the U.S. "We see every day the scourge of child labor in this country, and we have a legal and a moral obligation to take every step in our power to prevent it," Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said in a statement. In stepping up its efforts to target companies that use child labor, the Labor Department will use new strategies to launch investigations where child labor violations are most likely to occur. Additionally, employers have little issues with children workforce as they respect adult authority and have almost no voice to protest against their exploitation, inter alia, as not being unionised (Manda et al. Unicef UK. International Journal of Management Reviews, 12(1), pp.85105. lack of legal protection due to weak institutional frame. Design/Methodology/Approach: The author uses a literature review in order to analyze the findings of existing literature on the topic of child labour in an ethics context, thereby drawing on literature, indexed in Web of Science and Google Scholar by employing forward and backward citation analysis. The Journal of Development Studies, 44(2), pp.233-257. Beyond Utilitarianism and Deontology: Ethics in Eco-nomics. But it isnt clear the Labor Department will have the necessary tools. The violations began piling up just as Republican state legislators, many of them newly in the majority, went on the attack against child labor restrictions, pressing in various ways to expand the number of work hours and work settings available to teenagers aged 14 to 17. Or franchisees agree to terms so outrageously advantageous to the franchising name-brand company that they cant really expect to clear a profit without cutting some corners. Worker misclassification is a serious problem, but evidence of a large increase in full-time gig workjust isnt there. ", negatively affects the education and health of children, Packers Sanitation Services paid a $1.5 million, common types of hazardous-occupation violations. . (After publication of theTimesstory, Hearthsidesaidit would require that going forward.) Winning the lottery, marrying your true love or securing a desired set of qualifications all seem to be examples of events that improve a persons life. Ethical Consumer. The author endeavours to open up the subject of CL for executives by linking normative stakeholder theory and utilitarianism. The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review of Concepts, Research and Practice. Crime, social class and ambition are recurring themes in Dickens's novels. [online]. "And your back, sometimes it will be hurting.". Economics and Philosophy, 11(1), pp.85112. Companies CorpAbuse. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 3(3), pp.405423. Future researchers may also wish to examine and compare legal perspectives on child labour in different regions/countries in order to draw conclusions about possible variations in moral perceptions. Toward a More Coherent Understanding of the OrganizationSociety Relationship: A Theoretical Consideration for Social and Environmental Accounting Research. In the midst of the 19th century, child labor became more visible because children were drawn into an industrial setting. There has been a 69% increase in children illegally working at U.S. companies since 2018, the Labor Department said. Academy of Management Review, 26(1), pp.117127. Utilitarianism, Economics, and Legal Theory. I do not think that government has labor or child labor rights. This page was processed by aws-apollo-l2 in 0.062 seconds, Using these links will ensure access to this page indefinitely. Border crossings were equally high, , but not with anywhere near so many children. they must not be threatened in their freedom and dignity (The Humanity Formula) (Sullivan, 1997) [29]. Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Colombia | U.S. De-partment of Labor. Also, poor children deprived of the moral rights. Yet, the latter theory might be more familiar, thus easier to use for managers. Purpose: Grounded in the theoretical concepts of utilitarianism and deontology, this paper aims to evaluate the issue of child labour from an ethics A total, that has declined by 10% in a period of a mere four years since 2012 (167.9 million) (ILO, 2017) [3]. Available at: http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/0198235119.001.0001/acprof-9780198235118 [Accessed May 4, 2020]. (9 February 2021): pp. Geneva: International Labour Office. In Strategic Management Journal, 35(1), pp.123. (2007). Eliminating child labour: The costs and benefits. The unemployment rate, which had been falling since 2010,droppedin 2015 to 5 percent, which was then considered full employment. "We also are doing more investigations.". It isnt just, or even mainly, a matter of employees getting replaced by gig workers. A hard-core utilitarian would say that outcomes areall that matter. Kants kategorischer Imperativ und die Kriterien gebotener, verbotener und freigestellter Handlungen. (After publication of the, it would require that going forward.) The agency called on Congress to increase the maximum penalty for child labor violations, which is currently $15,000. 2, pp. Working campaign slogan: Bring Back, With this political backdrop, its little wonder that an investigation, revealed a shadow work force of migrant children across industries in every state: 12-year-old roofers in Florida and Tennessee; 13-year-old girls washing hotel sheets in Virginia; a 13-year-old boy in Michigan making auto parts on an overnight shift that ends at 6:30 a.m.; a 12-year-old working for a Hyundai subsidiary in Alabama (this last, ). The Review of Metaphysics, 52(2), pp.267294. WebDetailed Commitments on Child Labour in Agricultural Supply Chains Nestl is committed to proactive action to tackle child labour and is specifically targeting higher risk commodities and countries for interventions 1. Over the previous decade, the number of minors employed in violation of the act was up 140 percent. Besides, children are abused as means of cheap labour for the ends of low-cost production, which is likewise contrary to Kants categorical imperative. More than 3,800 children were found to be working at U.S. companies last year in violation of federal law, the Labor Department said Monday in announcing a crackdown on child labor. Nobody knows exactly why the numbers started to climb in 2015, but probably it was because the labor market was getting tight. Internal report shows company hired same 'known minor' twice. (2003). These restrictions had become too, cumbersome, New Hampshire Deputy Labor Commissioner Rudolph Ogden explained to, . Findings: The investigation of child labour in terms of ethics yields conflicting results. New York: Oxford University Press. There has been a 69% increase in children illegally working at U.S. companies since 2018, the Labor Department said. (1985). Available at: file:///D:/Downloads/170731-The-Myanmar-Dilemma-update-web-1.pdf [Accessed May 2, 2020]. Regional Returns to Education, Child Labour and Schooling in India. Purpose: Grounded in the theoretical concepts of utilitarianism and deontology, this paper aims to evaluate the issue of child labour from an ethics (2010). Only a few of these Dickensian pro-child-labor bills got enacted, but some did. Globalization, child labour and adult unemploy-ment. This work and the related PDF file are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. In 41 of 43 cases, working 10 hour days results in earning more than $1 per day, and in more than half the earnings are greater than $2 per day. Only a few of these Dickensian pro-child-labor bills got enacted, but some did. [4] Amnesty International (2018). But national child labor laws prevent children younger than 16 from working more than three hours or after 7 p.m. on school nights, with the exception of farms. [66] Van Staveren, I. [68] Von Ebert, T. (1976). Unacceptable occupational ex-posure to toxic agents among children in Ecuador. In June, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed into law, that allows 14-year-old busboys to clear tables where liquor is served and expands from 30 to 35 the number of hours 16- and 17-year-olds may work during the school year. Consequently, actions are acceptable, regardless of means and motives, as long as the happiness created is greater than the pain (Shoemaker, 1999 [38]; Ferrell et al., 2015 [39] ). The division is finding more minors per case, and it's not clear why. Can the subaltern speak? Consequentialism. [51] Shoemaker, D.W. (1999). [30] ILO (2004). Bills introduced in January in Minnesota and Iowa would allow some teenagers to work in construction and meatpacking plants, respectively. Social Philosophy in Postcolonial Africa: Some Preliminaries Concerning Communalism and Communitarianism. [72] Yovel, Y. (2018). "We walk a lot. Working 10 hours every day, a 14 year old child worker from Foshan dies from exhaustion. To this end, revelations about products produced by children often lead to boycotts of these (Ballet et al., 2014) [60]. New York: Columbia Univ. Available at: file:///D:/Downloads/2017_World_Report_on_Child_Labour_EN_Web_20180112%20(1).pdf. Wiesbaden: Gabler. (2003) [45], work can contribute to childrens development and parents pride in seeing children following their footsteps and by taking part in a broader socialisation processes (Potter and Lupilya, 2016) [46]. WebFrom a deontological perspective, child labour can never be ethical and should always be rejected as it is not wanted to become a general law. The bad news is that they may have been made with child labor. Last summer, Reuters revealed that children as young as 12 many of whom were migrants were hired to work in a metal shop owned by Hyundai. [37] Manda, D.K., Kimalu, P.K., Nafula, N.N., Kimani, D.N., Nyaga, R.K., Mutua, J.M., Mwabu, G. and Kimenyi, M.S. WebAbstract. Africa is thus be found constituting the lions share of 19.6% of the worlds 153 million children being employed in forced labour. Webultimate positive outcome that arises when a family that may not be able to naturally have a child but is able to hire a surrogate far outweighs the negatives that Anderson points out of forming a market of women. In business contexts, utilitarianism implies an obligation for businesses to do what they can to act in a way that maximizes happiness and minimizes suffering. It strives to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number while creating the least amount of harm or preventing the greatest amount of suffering. Yet, if it does, limited resources result in the fact that the laws are not enforced (Amnesty International, 2016) [69]. Consequently, in the absence of alternatives many developing countries perceive the employment of children as means to provide for a familys livelihood (Basu, 2003 [17]; Chamarbagwala, 2008 [18] ). Somebodys got to be the fall guy, and its not such a bad fate. WebUtilitarianism is a consequentialist moral theory that emphasizes efforts to maximize the overall good. [45] Potter, C. and Lupilya, A.C. (2016). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Utilitarians argued, for instance, in favour of rights for women and for people of various races. The findings may serve companies in particular as a basis for decision-making in the development of their value chains. : The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility. Limitations and Future Research Directions. Global Estimates of Child Labour: RESULTS AND TRENDS, 2012-2016. Siegfried, Patrick, Child Labour Ethics through the Prism of Utilitarianism and Deontology (February 2, 2021). WebChild Labour: An Ethical Assesment This work is based on the application of two ethical theories deontology and , utilitarianism theory, to evaluate CL from an ethics perspective. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Attempting to assign blame between these two is a fools errand. The problem has grown worse as increasing numbers of children fleeing violence and poverty in Latin America have arrived in the U.S. without parents, officials said. World Day Against Child Labour, 12 June. Development and Change, 39(6), pp.10051018. The integration of theoretical findings into a practical business context provides additional value for managers and global supply chain managers. Krummel, Daniel and Siegfried, Patrick (1997). ASM cannot simply be shut down, however. Alas, this corresponds to ILO (2017) [3] estimates about the number of children engaged in CL worldwide of which 73 million are exposed to hazardous working conditions (UN, 2019) [4]. D Utilitarianism has been called a (n): a. commonsensical approach to ethics. Availa-ble at: http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_075570/lang--en/index.htm [Accessed May 1, 2020]. Suggested Citation, Mrfelder Landstrae 55Frankfurt am Main, 60598Germany+4915779068623 (Phone), Economic Perspectives on Employment & Labor Law eJournal, Subscribe to this fee journal for more curated articles on this topic, Labor: Public Policy & Regulation eJournal, Subscribe to this free journal for more curated articles on this topic, We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content. Available at: https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/AFR6273952017ENGLISH.PDF. , Vol. Basically, socio-economic and cultural disparities are a significant determinant of the defined nature of CL (Blanchett and Shealey, 2013) [1], being responsible for the. But national child labor laws prevent children younger than 16 from working more than three hours or after 7 p.m. on school nights, with the exception of farms. The problem of child labor can be addressed using these moral perspectives. Population, worldwide | Data. Available from: http://stopchildlabor.org/?p=4443 [Ac-cessed April 28, 2020]. [31] ILO (2017). [39] McWilliams, A. and Siegel, D. (2001). Beyond that, as being aware of the terrible working conditions their children are exposed to, parents are most likely plagued by accusations and pity (Pierik, 2007) [9]. [27] Hffe, O. [52] Shumetie, A. and Mamo, K. (2019). In 2018, Germany, Canada, Australia and Denmark accounted for a total population of approximately 152 million people (The World Bank, 2018) [2]. [55] Siegfried, P. (2015b): Business Ethics, Sustainability and CSR, Volume 2, AVM Akademische Verlagsgemeinschaft,p. [59] Sullivan, R.J. (1997). "I think they felt that if they could get kids, they would take them.". Keywords: Child Labour, Deontology, Utilitarianism, Ethics, Suggested Citation: In compliance with Kant, companies should only tolerate CL in their GVC if they want it to become a general law. Webchild labour (with exceptions to agricultural sector). In H. Albach, ed. However, it should be noted that an assessment of the child labour issue from a given distance is rather intricate thus not completely appropriate as it is much more complex under other than European/German circumstances. (2010). International Business and Management, Alliance Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK, International Management, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, International School of Management, Frankfurt, Germany, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The Biden administration on Monday announced a wide crackdown on the labor exploitation of migrant children around the United States, Available at: http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/newscast/596 [Accessed April 28, 2020]. The World Bank Economic Review, 17(2), pp.147173. The latter part is important: utilitarians believe that everyones interests count. Feb. 27, 2023. If children are the only source of income to an entire family and death by starvation or worse activities such as prostitution await as an alternative, then aspects of utilitarianism my become arguable as well. An introduction to Kants ethics. These now include child labor, a problem everybody thought wed licked a century ago. Beyond that, the reputation of a low-wage country has the potential to attract much foreign investment, which can bring governments higher tax revenues (Donaubauer and Dreger, 2018) [61]. no stakeholder is assigned more or less importance (Weiss, 2014) [23]. Originality/Value: The examination of child labour from the perspective of deontology and utilitarianism in conjunction with normative stakeholder theory constitutes a novelty in the ethics literature. WebThe utilitarian perspective is perhaps best understood when examined in contrast to rights-based perspectives. 3.2. [49] Reath, A. Available at: https://www.un.org/en/events/childlabourday/background.shtml [Accessed April 28, 2020]. et al. The division also has a range of enforcement mechanisms at its disposal to respond to violations of different levels of severity, from fines to injunctions. [1] Abe, K. and Ogawa, H. (2017). In contrast, according to a utilitarian sentiment, child labour is ethically justifiable as long as the beneficiaries of the labour are greater in number than the children working or suffering. Certainly HHS must be held accountable for this explosion in illegal child labor. The Rejection of Consequentialism. [69] Weiss, J. https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=107135, 14 Pages A wholesale reordering of how corporations are regulated, including new legislation, will likely be necessary to assign real accountability for how the workers who make brand-name products get treated. [26] Hindman, H.D. [54] Siegfried, P. (2015a): Business Ethics, Sustainability and CSR, Volume 1, AVM Akademische Verlagsgemeinschaft, p.135. There has been a 69% increase in children illegally working at U.S. companies since 2018, the Labor Department said. Workers were getting hard to find. In V. Gehrig, ed. [67] Vogel, D.J. The U.S. generally has good child labor laws, except for agriculture, says Reid Maki, director of child labor advocacy for the National Consumers League and coordinator of the Child Labor Coalition, which works to end abusive child labor. [online]. [35] LundThomsen, P. (2008). This page was processed by aws-apollo-l2 in. "Those numbers are creeping back up again, and that's a real concern to us," says Looman. Utilitarianism is part of a larger family of consequentialist ethical theoriestheories according to which the rightness or wrongness of actions is determined by their tendency to produce good or bad consequences or outcomes. (2013). and Shabana, K.M. Business Ethics, 6th ed. The Ritsumeikan Economic Review 65(4):193205. Nonetheless, not every customer is profit, but rather moral-driven or responsible. family) that is placed against CL. As far as I am concerned, the financial condition of the nation is corrupt. An empirical investigation through e.g. WASHINGTON The Biden administration said Monday that it is creating a new task force to crack down on an explosion of the illegal exploitation of WebIPEC's work to eliminate child labour is an important facet of the ILO's Decent Work Agenda. WebRed Card to Child Labour. The Journal of Values-Based Leadership, 8, p.Art. Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting, 2(2), pp.247275. Corporate Social Responsibility: a Theory of the Firm Perspective. Potential effects of CL on stakeholder groups, own table. . [34] Kreikebaum, H. (2006). So, due to the strict distinction between good and bad there is no room for flexible intermediate decisions, which is, yet, often required in todays business environment (Scheffler, 1994) [35]. The exploitative employment of children does not correspond to German ideas of a typical and appropriate childhood and is accordingly never considered desirable as a state to be aspired equally for all children. In most cases, however, child labour assumes Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners. WebChild labor also changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Child Labour Ethics through the Prism of Utilitarianism and Deontology. "Having kids get the opportunity to work is important," Jessica Dunker, president and CEO of the Iowa Restaurant Association, said in testimony to Iowa lawmakers. Norton.) It is parent based," Looman says. No.51, p.30. 1-3. Over the past half-century, the economy has quietly reorganized itself to separate large, respectable corporations from low-wage worker bees. This work is based on the application of two ethical theories, deontology and utilitarianism theory, to evaluate CL from an ethics perspective. Two Minds Vs. Two Philosophies: Mind Percep-tion Defines Morality and Dissolves the Debate Between Deontology and Utilitar-ianism. Availa-ble at: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/kant.1976.67.issue-1-4/kant.1976.67.1-4.570/kant.1976.67.1-4.570.xml [Accessed April 29, 2020]. Areall that matter without Hearthside, the ground for this explosion in illegal labor... ' twice light of European values dignity ( the Humanity Formula ) ( Sullivan R.J.! 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