GAP’s Business Ethics
Sep 13th, 2012 by asfvinpugunisparam
In this article, we are introduced to the fact that there are still leaks to GAP’s social audit system that was launched in 2004 to combat child labor. GAP’s no tolerance policy towards child labor still has loop holes and leaks due to the contractors that it hires. This is especially true in India. Although the market in India is vast and it is a golden opportunity for the company to reduce cost and maximize profit, one cannot forgo the fact that in those opportunities and benefits, child labor still exists among them. Nevertheless, GAP has incorporated monitoring programmes which is useful to detect contractors who fail to comply with their regulations and policy. In the previous year, the programme has managed to revoke 23 contractors for failing to comply with their regulation. Besides that, GAP swore that it would rather withdraw the items that are identified made from children then selling them into the public. The risk of using child labor or related with child labor has a major impact on ruining their fame and popularity and so GAP has taken many drastic measure to curb this problem. The good business ethics that is shown by GAP is clear as the company even promises to school the children who were found working for their contractor. Nevertheless, the promises remain as words for some children like Amitosh due to the unscrupulous behavior of the contractors.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/oct/28/ethicalbusiness.india