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Article

22 Apr 2005

Author:
Lauren Foster & Alexandra Harney, Financial Times

Doctored records on working hours and pay are causing problems for consumer multinationals as they source more of their goods in Asia - Why ethical sourcing means show and tell

Factory managers in China are becoming increasingly sophisticated at falsifying worker time cards and payroll documents to disguise irregularities including underpayment, excessive hours and inadequate health and safety provision...meaning that many of the international companies that source from China are learning less about the actual working conditions in the factories they use, even as they step up efforts to monitor them. The practices also mean that some western groups' assurances that they are abiding by China's labour laws and their own codes of conduct are based on faulty information. [refers to Wal-Mart, Nike, Liz Claiborne, Yue Yuen, Reebok, adidas-Salomon, New Balance, Levi Strauss, Gap]