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Article

9 Apr 2012

Author:
Elizabeth Umlas, Christian Science Monitor [USA]

How Apple, Foxconn, and others can address labor abuses in overseas factories

Accounts of labor rights abuses in overseas factories have been emerging since the mid-1990s…Those early exposés led multinational corporations to establish supply chain management systems...So why do we keep seeing these stories...One important reason is that, while auditing and inspections have called attention to the need for companies to address human rights abuses in their supply chains, these processes suffer from significant weaknesses...A small number of companies, such as H&M, have put resources into training workers on labor rights, on the idea that informed and empowered workers are the most effective barrier to labor rights abuses...Recent developments may signal change. New legislation in California requires large retail and manufacturing companies...to report publicly on measures they’ve taken to keep human rights violations...out of their supply chains. [refers to Apple, Nike, Gap, Foxconn (part of Hon Hai), Walmart]

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