Purchasing Policy: The Expensive Markets

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More often, companies look for suppliers in the expensive markets available and usually not from one supplier. Reports about labor abuses that happen in overseas factories in companies like Apple-supplier and fox-com was recently exposed by the New York Times. They gave a report on the poor working conditions the Apple supplier factory located in china are trapped on such as the overtimes, health and safety absence and other violations. While the audit and inspection department have tried to address the issue no action have been taken. ‘‘The proposal to protect the workers have been neglected hence resulting to more abuse within the work place’’, (Gordon and Jennifer, 2017). This is because there are still main causes which are yet to be addressed that cause the labor violations. These include demands from the consumer such as cheaper stock which results to suppliers being under pressure.
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