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HP, Dell, and IBM Agree to Manufacturing Code of Conduct

Posted by michael on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

JustOK writes "Yahoo! reports that IBM, Dell and HP have agreed to a code of conduct for not only workers, but the environment as well. An HP exec's statement is that the company is only responding to the company's 'globalizing in many parts of the world'." The joint press release is available, as is the code of conduct (pdf).

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  1. Other industries by 2.7182 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The clothing industry actually established something like this in the 1930's. My father worked in the garment district in Manhattan and he said it made a big difference.

    1. Re:Other industries by Feminist-Mom · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Yes, that actually was initiated by the Mayor of New York, La Guardia, when he first took office. The garment industry had quite a reputation for being uncivilized. You can even get a sense of it today if you go to that part of town.

    2. Re:Other industries by Kenja · · Score: 5, Interesting
      "it made a big difference."

      Yes it did. Now most clothes are made by pre-teens in third world sweatshops.

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    3. Re:Other industries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Now most clothes are made by pre-teens in third world sweatshops.

      Yeah, it's deplorable. Some of that stuff just falls apart at the seams in no time at all! Damn kids can't get anything right...

  2. Re:toothless announcement by saintp · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Agreed! Everyone else seems to be too busy giving the companies cockrubs to notice that the agreement basicall says: "We'll follow all the laws of the country, and, in addition, we won't kill anyone. On purpose. Unless they deserve it."

    What I'd like to see is an agreement that says:

    a. We'll follow all labor laws of the U.S.

    b. We'll pay a liveable wage (which is an altogether different beast from minimum wage).

    That would be an impressive step in the right direction. This is just pablum. Stop applauding them for coming up to a basic level of expected decency.

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    Another one bites the dust