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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

QAD

The concept of ethical sourcing has risen in popularity during the past four years.” . In Bangladesh in July 2021, a fire at a food factory claimed the lives of at least 52 people, some of whom were children. In the U.S., as a tornado struck a town in Kentucky in December 2021, workers at. Consumer Buying Trends.

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Ensuring Workers’ Rights in Global Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

A former journalist, she first became aware of the need for an intensive training regimen in Bangladesh, site of multiple labor violations and worker deaths. Often it’s those deeper levels that are the source of violations or inadequate working conditions. QuizRR’s program starts at Tier 1, but was designed to move upstream as well.