... years, duty-free import of equipment, machinery, and materials, management of foreign exchange, and unrestricted remittance of net profits (Present Encyclopedia). Paying a living wage is good politics, good ethics, and good business. It benefits not only the workers themselves, but also firms, governments, and communities. Paying a living wage to garment workers in El Salvador is a measure of ... Corporation and the least advantage. Therefore, the "Setting High Labor Standards" solution passes this law. I believe the Gap should change their labor practices. It is good politics, good eth...

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... products you purchase are made and under what conditions they are manufactured?) When consumers buy products, without knowledge of their origins, they could easily be breaching their own code of ethics. This is clearly seen in an assortment of industries. Each year hundreds of companies employ foreign labor for low wages and in terrible working conditions. For example, much public attention ... and Chairwoman of the Department of Marketing and International Business at Iona College in New Rochelle, on the subject of shopping with a "social conscience." Dr. Rudell, who has chaired the En...

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