consumer pressure against immorally produced goods

It is interesting to note that Kailash Satyarthi has fought against child labor in sweat shops in India and Pakistan for over fourteen years but had seen little success because of the widespread corruption in the bureaucracy and companies that employ children as labor. Even though there were laws against such practices and it was a known issue it received so little media attention it was swept under the rug immediately. Then, when the source of this corruption was dealt with, namely monetary gain, the executives began to finally pay attention to the issue, and began to offer a market for non-child labor produced goods. This then gives the notion that the fate of these children lies not in the hands of their employers, but in the hands of Western consumers, because their demand for such goods ultimately will determine the entire market for that product. If demand for an immorally produced good goes to zero, we can safely assume that it will not be produced any longer, because it would be unprofitable. From this it can be concluded that Western consumers hold a larger responsibility than many would first think, namely because of the authority the consumer has in determining the production of an immoral product. We ought to attempt to find where and how the things we buy are produced because to be willfully ignorant of these things make us morally culpable. There are individuals suffering and it is within our power as consumers to stop it with virtually no effort on our part. All it takes is doing some research on how the products we consume are produced and refusing to purchase such products. Without a demand backing it up, such industries will cease to exist.