"[A] vast audit industry...[provides] advice to local firms on how...to meet international standards while also monitoring, through tick-box checklists, actual practices. There are, however, no effective mechanisms to monitor the monitors...In many countries private monitoring has replaced the public sector labor inspector..., for example...in Pakistan...[The] fact that the state is playing a diminishing role in ensuring good working practices within its borders is a detrimental step...As consumers we need to be more informed and inquisitive about our purchases...Brands also need to reduce pressures on suppliers to produce and commit to integrating compliance and sourcing arms.  We should also demand more from suppliers in developing countries...Firms that [ensure decent working conditions] ultimately raise quality standards and productivity...Finally, we need to demand more of governments...Brazil’s labor inspectors have worked with local producers to address the root causes of...noncompliance in ways that have led to better outcomes for workers, their communities and the factories..."