I doubt the subject of child labor will become a dominant issue among I /O psychologists, in part because of its inherent social repulsiveness.
However, it underscores one of the major reasons we work: Our services have economic and instrumental value.
As adults we have the free will to decide how and where we will offer our services to enhance our economic standing in life. Children, on the other hand, do not possess this free will.
They are compelled to work to enhance the economic standing of others.
Such actions violate the basic tenets of social justice referenced in Chapter 10.