Current factory inspections programs are flawed, with deliberate mis-labelling and corruption in factories in China, resulting in shoddy and unsafe products on shelves of retailers like WalMart, says a New York Times investigation story. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/02/business/global/superficial-visits-and-trickery-undermine-foreign-factory-inspections.html?pagewanted=all
Some observers concede that the Bangladesh government and local manufacturers have been lax on safety issues, but note the countervailing ethical conundrum: that boycotts or cutting of ties with the impoverished nation will only move the problem somewhere else and further drive Bangladesh into wrenching poverty. http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/2013/05/06/clothing-retailers/
CBC Radio in the Maritimes (Nova Scotia) has a special hour long show on conscious consumption scheduled to air for this Sunday April 28, in the afternoon. EthicScan’s President, will likely appear via tape on the show “Maritime Connection“. Listeners can take advantage of a special offer to order the latest three of EthicScan’s consumer