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Re: Books… Books… And More Books

@zobia

dont u know DaVinci code and holy blood and holy grail controversy! (if u know then u wouldnt have brought this fact thing up :D)

what fact? speak in plain english not riddles

@zobia

ps. hope u consider something “fact” that what you see, not what you are made to see.

what you see can be deceving as well clouded by your own judgement and biases.

@zobia

besides i did ask your take on some information regarding NGOs and child labor (they were in urdu)…us waqt to app khamoosh rahay thay.

maybe i was not in a mood to get into it then.

@zobia

-ok even if we put this child labor on a side, what say ya about the low wages? in fact people are in fact “slaves” for two three generations (as once their grandparent or parents were borrowed Rs.100)

sure, people have low wages, but is it the corporatiosn fault or suppliers? are teh conditions of workers in that country for workers working in domestic products any better? would they even have jobs, and lastly these companies are doing a lot in terms of checking suppliers out, making suppliers comply with ISO regulations from quality to environmental impact to work conditions.

@zobia

• and what ya say about gap controversy? okay, i know its big corporation (i do know gora mentality) it in our ppl. they get agree to sell their own people.

Gap has sourcing policies in place, its suppliers signed on to those policies, the fact that companies like gap have to police these suppliers to make sure they are not abusing their own people speaks volumes about the corporate spirit of companies like gap that they are taking on the added expense of monitoring their suppliers, who btw should have the decency to behave in a responsible manner w/o gap having to do surveillance.

controlling supply chains is a big issue, sourcing is more critical and poor practices by suppliers result in the type of issues we see now with toys showing up with really high lead content.

Sadly the public focus is too much on corporations and not on suppliers and monitoring agencies in the suppliers’ countries. just like when u buy something from a store and expect that teh store and the manufacturer would have made sure that the product works , so do these guys expect their suppliers to have the same due diligence, but it does not happen. so its easy for ppl to get on the case of Gap .. but is gap in the business of policing every supplier 24/7?

How can I say it,? I am the architect of a supply chain, bill of material and product content management solution to deal with environmental issues, and saw first hand the stuff that goes on. It is not in the OEMs interest to have subpar products or products that can expose them to masive lawsuits or the entire product line being oulled from shelves so they wont monkey around but suppliers, contract manufacturers etc continue to cut corners and expose these major companies like sony to risk.