Several advocacy groups in the U.S. monitor firms that do business with sweatshops in developing nations. These watchdog groups are concerned about human rights abuses in foreign factories, often citing unsafe and unclean working conditions. Recently, business experts have shed new light on this issue, stating that these factories that do not meet the standards of developed nations are still perceived by their workers as a better way of life than what they had before because these employers offer steady wages. According to Maslow, these workers are motivated to satisfy which of his hierarchy of needs?

The workers are motivated to satisfy physiological needs because they are not working in an environment who provides standard needs and being exploited in various ways.

Physiological needs: According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, physiological needs deal with the preservation of the human body. This is the lowest stage or category of the hierarchy that includes basic needs that are very important for the survival of a human being, these are food, water, air, and sleep.