Nowadays, foreign workers quantity
has been increasing day by day. Normally, those foreign workers consist of Indonesia,
Bangladesh, Philippine, Myammar, Vietnam, Cambodia and etc. As our country keep
developing different types of business and they are lack of manpower. Therefore,
Malaysia government has implemented new rules on hiring foreign workers that
would facilitate the employment and ensure the protection of overseas workers.
In fact, foreign workers are really useful in business ways as management can
use cheaper salaries to hire them. Foreigners that from other country willing
to take risk to work in our country because their country does not have much
job opportunities to earn for their family living fees. In Malaysian
perception, they always have a higher expectation in getting employed with a
better job as they always think that their experiences and knowledge are good
enough if compare with foreign workers. In this situation, Malaysian might not
able to get job easier because they believe that their ability is higher than
foreigners and also foreigners will
become one of the competitors in looking for job. Thus, the unemployment rate
of Malaysian will be increase as well, since foreigners willing to do lower
level job but Malaysian might not work in lower level job. I believe that it
was one of the reasons to make our country become confusion.
On the other hand, there are some Malaysian
always discriminate foreign workers. When come to this scenario, it will let
people get into dilemma ethics. As some of the people will think that foreign
workers can make economic growth because we can hire them in a cheaper price.
Since businessman usually will minimize the cost and get the maximum profit. However,
they are some people think that foreign workers to work in our country will make
our country become disrupted. This is because of Malaysian will started to live
and work with foreign workers in a same country. It will increase our country
population and the quality of living standard will be decrease or lower. As we
know that, different country have their own culture so Malaysian will
discriminate those foreigners is because their country does not advance than
our country. Therefore, Malaysian will automatically to consider those foreigners
are lack of knowledge and to look down upon on them.
In fact, discrimination can be consider
as personal ethics which will be related to dilemma ethics because it is depend
on person how to think about foreign workers. Some people might think that hire
or import foreign workers always are troublemakers for those employers who are
using them in service industry. For instance, a restaurant was hired foreigners
as a waiter and some of them are not polite to customer. Thus, this might cause
employer more trouble as customer will not satisfied the services and employer
will start to blame those foreigners. Even some foreign workers do the right
thing but once customers’ complaint the services; the employers will definitely
blame foreigners. This is because they are discriminate foreigners. I strongly
believe that everyone will have the same reaction. If I’m the employers for the
restaurant, when comes to this scenario I will discriminate foreign workers as
well. It is because I always have a mindset of discriminate regarding foreign
workers behavior. Although this is unethical action and not respect for them,
but their reaction and behavior in our country were spoiled so that their image
already bad in my first impression. After they import in our country, there are
many case were happened such as crime incidents as their salaries are not enough.
Normally, those crime cases are related to foreign workers so it become stereotyping
in my perception.
Likewise, people are discriminate of
foreigner so that we are not respect on them. Thus, there are some people vent
by shouting with foreign workers especially housemaid. Housemaid is one of the foreign
workers that import by government to our Malaysia. However, people always
discriminate on them so that abuse maid cases keep increasing as well. As we
know that, abuse maid is illegal for every country but some of the people might
think that housemaid should undertake those abuses because they are paying
salaries for them. I still remembered
that, there was a case talking about a family who a husband and his wife being
cruel to their maid and abuse her always. Based on the news, these couples who
from Hong Kong abuse their maid who from Indonesia by using the heat of iron
and the metal chains from motorcycle to beat and hurt the maid. It was so ridiculous!
How people can do this for foreign workers? This is my first response when I read
this news. Nevertheless, I was not really agree to import foreigners in our
country and might be discrimination of them or stereotyping. However, people
have not the right to abuse maid or everyone.
In this case, it is an unethical
action and illegal of the husband and wife. As they have not the authority to
hurt them and abuse maid on that way. Everyone have their right to live well
and do the things they want. It might not be making decision by others and we
are not allowed to control people as well. We always have to put ourselves into
other shoes, if I was the husband or wife I strongly believe that I will not do
this unethical action for the maid as she also a people who want to earn money
to their family. However, some of the people are not realize that, this ethical
issue will be happen is because they are think that this action is right.
People will think they are paying salaries for maid so why they should respect
on her? Therefore, abuse maid cases keep seriously day by day. I am not agreeing
with this because I strongly believe that people are not able to do so even
they are paying for the maid. Since housemaid also a normal people like us why
they have to undertake this abuse?
In a nut shell, I realize that
actually government import foreign workers to our country more benefit than
cost. Even I am not really accepting foreigners but they were always based on
the greatest result by majority which means the utilitarianism. Basically,
people are think that foreign workers more benefits for our country as they
cost lesser and their contribution is great even there are many crime cases but
there are just some foreigners will did that.
No matter how discriminate for
foreign workers, just hope that everyone can protect those maids because it was
a serious issue that we should concern and improve :) . Thanks :)
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