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I think this is a great regulatory omission. Companies like Amazon should be required to publish country of origin information and give consumer tools to help m
by varispeed 5y ago
I think this is a great regulatory omission. Companies like Amazon should be required to publish country of origin information and give consumer tools to help make ethical choices.
So far I only saw this on clothes, perhaps because of the sweatshop outrage, but it should be shown on all products.
If we also cannot ban trade with countries that allow slave labour, then we should at least require producers to include information about what kind of environment their workers are coming from.
- permo-w 5y agoI suspect if this law would come in, Amazon would make it a mandatory box for sellers to fill, and 9/10 they’d just lie and Amazon probably wouldn’t chase it up.
- bootlooped 5y agoMy cynical view is that most people don't care about country of origin, and in many cases if they do their desire for the product will override their ethical stance most of the time.
- permo-w 5y agoyou’re very probably right. would still be ideal to have the option