> Normally, I'd assumed that "famous brands used sub-contractors to do the dirty work" ==> "famous brand gets off with a slapped wrist". Typically licensees wo

> Normally, I'd assumed that "famous brands used sub-contractors to do the dirty work" ==> "famous brand gets off with a slapped wrist". Typically licensees work very hard to gain the licensing to manufacture for a brand. And the licensor has requirements like regular inspections for work conditions, that the licensee typically pays for, because they don't want publicity like this to damage their brand. Without knowing the details I could guess that Dior wouldn't have wanted whichever factory they hired to shirk their guidelines. But, Eastern and Western norms for work conditions are very much different and getting Easterners to follow Western guidelines is quite difficult no matter how much you're willing to pay. In many cases factories put on a show for the inspector. Once he/she returns to their home country, the factory returns to its regular operating conditions, which are usually just normal work conditions for their country.