Trading rights
13 September 2012
Purchasers must cry foul if they find unethical behaviour in their supply chains, says John Ramsay. But they may have to be forced into doing so
Why do buyers deliberately hurt people? In Naomi Klein’s book No Logo, the author describes how Nike used to have shoes assembled in a Chinese factory by staff working 11-12 hour shifts, seven days a week, for ¢16 an hour. Closer to home, a recent Competition Commission report into UK supermarkets described a variety of unsavoury purchasing practices including...