The head of a leading sportswear company once told me a contractor had introduced pregnancy testing at its factories.
That sounded good, I said – manufacturers taking care of their female employees. He gave me a pitying look. The factory had introduced the tests so it could fire pregnant workers before they could claim maternity leave. He had asked them to stop.
It is hard for companies to keep track of the kinds of damage their sub-contractors might do to their reputations. Most big brands use hundreds of manufacturers, which could be anywhere from Egypt to El Salvador, Chile to China.
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