Working in average ______ in countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Honduras, and Nicaragua raises a worker’s income above the average for that country.
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Sweatshops
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The Accord claims that paying workers during closures for safety remediation was the responsibility of the ______.
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Factory owners
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Retailers pursuing the lowest manufacturing costs find that their goods will sometimes be made in factories that lack adequate ______ and ______.
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Safeguards; worker protection
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The terms of the ______ require brands and retailers to negotiate with suppliers to make it “financially feasible” for factories to be upgraded.
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Accord
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Both agreements require ______ and ______ to pay for the inspections; neither one requires them to pay for the safety improvements themselves.
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Brands; retailers
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Factories making members’ garments are required to undergo safety inspections and fix problems uncovered by safety inspectors. This work safety program is called ______.
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Alliance of Bangladesh
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Apparel companies must do a better job of hiring ______ who will conduct full building inspections.
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Auditors
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It is ______ for foreign retailers to order a separate third-party safety audit of a prospective manufacturer.
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Common
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The owner was arrested and the mayor suspended for allegedly allowing the construction of Rana Plaza without ______.
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Safety permits
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How is Tazreen related to Rana Plaza?
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Both companies are guilty of deplorable work conditions that resulted in many deaths.
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Constantly shifting work to factories with marginally lower costs deters retailer factory owners from spending money on ______.
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Safety improvements
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According to ______, about 10% of Bangladeshi lawmakers are directly involved in the garment industry.
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Transparency International
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Why do you think factories did not do something about wages and working conditions?
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Because costs have risen each year when global clothing prices decreased
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Employees of Windy Apparel are given 14 sick days a year. Some employees were told if they take more than one sick day they will be ______.
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Terminated
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Apple workers are given a break for 10 minutes every two hours, something also called the ______ policy. This was only in effect during the auditing period.
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Rest
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Pegatron employees working too many hours of overtime every month is a violation of Apple’s ______ for its suppliers.
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Guidelines
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Over 60% of Pegatron employees working on Apple iPhones worked more than ______ hours of overtime every month.
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90
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What does CLW stand for?
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China Labor Watch
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The use of employees working in deplorable factories and suffering from physical and mental abuse is an example of ______.
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Labor camps
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Workers’ wages in many countries are below subsistence level wages for urban areas and must be supplemented with ______ so workers can make ends meet.
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Overtime pay
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Apple chose Foxconn because it had the ______, ______, and ______ to produce adequate quantities of products within short time frames.
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Scale; capabilities; flexibility
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Asia has a strong ______, which makes it possible to ramp up production rapidly.
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Electronics supply chain
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Foxconn and Pegatron have been reported by the media and by the China Labor Watch for ______.
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Worker abuse
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Which of these companies benefit from the wrongdoing and abuses of their suppliers through low costs that lead to higher profits?
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Apple and Disney
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Some companies, under political pressure, have begun the task of ______, which is bringing jobs back to their home countries and making more products in-house.
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Reshoring
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