Resumen de Retail profitability and sweatshops: a global dilemma
Today's social contract requires that retailers provide consumers with competitively priced merchandise that is produced under fair and humane conditions, a demand that is increasingly difficult to meet in a global environment where retail buyers are separated from merchandise suppliers both geographically and structurally. As retailers have increasingly turned to outsourcing as a means of protecting bottom line performance, they have become increasingly vulnerable to attack by sweatshop critics. This paper provides a chronological review of sweatshop reform efforts as they relate to world retail trade. The economics of sweatshops are considered, and retail responses to sweatshop critics are described.
