Marc Gunther
theguardian.com, Wednesday 8 January 2014 11.00 EST
Inspec!ons don’t work: Can Tau help make
ethical labor pro)table?
Tragedies in Bangladesh show the inspecon regime has failed. But Tau Investment Management argues
that focusing on nancial gains of ethical labor will foster a race to the top
A Blockupy campaigner Holds Up a blood-stained shirt at a protest at a Primark store in Frankfurt
From a Blockupy demonstra!on in Frankfurt over cheap labour prac!ces. Maybe capitalist structures fail
when brands and retailers – Nike, Gap, Walmart – act as regulators, wri!ng rules and me!ng out
punishment. Photo: Sean Gallup/Ge7y
A8er more than a decade of corporate investment in social responsibility programs, codes of conduct,
