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2013年4月12日

作者:
Phil Milford & Dawn McCarty, Bloomberg Businessweek

Hershey Should Supply Child-Labor Records, Academics Say

Hershey Co. should turn over child- labor records for cocoa farms in Ghana and the Ivory Coast as part of an investor suit and to help define U.S. corporations’ legal obligations abroad, two law professors told the judge in a lawsuit over the company’s practices…The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System sued last year seeking books and records and claiming Hershey put its reputation at risk by relying on cocoa farms in the west African countries. Hershey acknowledged there is “rampant” child labor in both countries…“The Hershey Company has a long history of supporting children” and “we are committed to responsible sourcing and have been supporting cocoa-growing communities for more than 50 years,” said…a Hershey spokesman…The company has said it is working with the U.S. Labor Department and the United Nations’ International Labor Organization on the issues…