Livelihood

Paula M. Rayman

Chapter Chapter Two in Beyond the Bottom Line, 2001, pp 25-57 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The primary impetus to work is to earn a living. While other motivations for working, such as self-fulfillment and commitment to the common good are important, work that does not achieve a livelihood undermines human dignity. This is why the United Nations’ 1948 Declaration of Human Rights was so clear in its insistence that human beings have not only a right to work, to free choice of employment, and to just and favorable conditions of work, but also to “protection against unemployment” and “to an adequate standard of living.”

Keywords: Minimum Wage; Bottom Line; Human Dignity; Wage Inequality; Median Family Income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-04513-3_2

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