If Western firms pay developing countries' suppliers' starvation wages in order to feed the West's ever increasing consumer demand, can we call that 'partnership'?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Western companies pay extremely low wages to suppliers in developing countries to satisfy consumer demand, questioning if this is true partnership.
- In plain terms
- Cheap labor for consumer goods may not be genuine partnership.
- What can you take from it?
- Demand fair wages in global supply chains.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What responsibilities do consumers have?
- How can companies ensure fair partnerships?
Another view
The quote assumes all Western firms act the same way.
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