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Hiding Sweatshop Abuses

Aggregated Source: China Challenges
November 18, 2006|

Businessweek's new coverstory says:

For more than a decade, major American retailers and name brands have answered accusations that they exploit "sweatshop" labor with elaborate codes of conduct and on-site monitoring. But in China many factories have just gotten better at concealing abuses. Internal industry documents reviewed by BusinessWeek reveal that numerous Chinese factories keep double sets of books to fool auditors and distribute scripts for employees to recite if they are questioned. And a new breed of Chinese consultant has sprung up to assist companies like Beifa in evading audits.

To read more:

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_48/b4011001.htm?campaign_id=nws_insdr_nov18&link_position=link1



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