Completed in 2009, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), is currently the tallest skyscraper in the world, with a height of 829.8 metres (2,722 ft). It shows a typical skyscraper feature: setbacks. A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building having multiple floors. When the term was originally used in the 1880s it described a building of 10 to 20 floors but now describes one of at least 40â50 floors.
Beyond the Sweatshop: poverty footprints and supply chains. 1  Oxfam's Poverty Footprint project identifies five social impact metrics - building on the example of successful schemes measuring environmental impact.
Transcript of The Social and Economic Effects of Sweatshop Labor. The Effects of. Sweatshop Labor . The Social Factor . . . . . . The Economic Factors It's widely believed that the primary reason to manufacture in other countries is because its too expensive to manufacture in America. America doesn't produce enough. workers in need of these jobs.