Factories producing silicon wristbands supporting the Make Poverty History campaign violated international ethical standards, reports the U.K.'s Guardian.Factories producing silicon wristbands supporting the Make Poverty History campaign violated vi·o·late tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates 1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example). 2. To assault (a person) sexually. 3. international ethical standards, reports the U.K.'s Guardian. An audit revealed that two Chinese manufacturers forced employees to provide deposits in case of broken machinery, violated health and safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. , and paid less than the minimum wage. "We are now engaging with the supplier to improve conditions in the factory," noted a spokesman for CAFOD CAFOD Catholic Agency for Overseas Development , a British Catholic charity that benefits from the sale of the wristbands, which have been worn by thousands, including British Prime Minister Tony Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair . |
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