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...feudal past. Starring Tom Cruise as an American civil war veteran hired to train Japan’s first modern army and Ken Watanabe, it is a film intent on celebrating the samurai way of life, which is governed by the principles of its honor-based moral code, “bushido...
...Dartboard can see no reason why she can’t just sneak in and get an apple or bagel or anything else that does not require using dishware. Perhaps there are health code violations involving clean-up that Dartboard was unaware she was breaking when attempting to swipe in at 7:16 p.m. In any event, an explanation of the regulations governing the privilege to eat in a dining hall that room and board pays for would be better than the embarrassing debacle that meals sometimes become. Being greeted with eye rolls and, once, a physical blocking...
...Harvard joined, the WRC would monitor the factories that produce Harvard insignia clothing to ensure that they are in compliance with Harvard’s code of conduct, which prohibits sweatshop conditions including excessive hours, forced overtime, health and safety violations, child labor abuse, poverty wages, discrimination, sexual harassment and efforts to prevent unionization. Factories would be under constant threat of investigation and loss of University contracts if they violated the code; and if such a threat did not deter abuse, the WRC would—as it has done reliably in the past—respond to worker complaints...
...factory in the San Bartolo free trade zone in El Salvador, where Lands’ End produces clothing for schools including Harvard, the same story is playing out again. Last spring, the WRC heard complaints of anti-union blacklisting, health and safety violations and other problems that violate its code of conduct; the WRC did a full investigation and publicized their findings. The FLA started an investigation only after the WRC went in, and never publicized what they found. And now, the WRC is leading the effort toward resolution...
...Model Code of Conduct, the WRC advocates wage floors that drive up employers’ costs, encouraging companies to scale back employment overseas and produce domestically instead. Meanwhile, unskilled workers overseas need these jobs. In Vietnam, for example, employees in Nike factories earn almost three times the minimum wage for state-owned business. Many of these factories also include clinics, the only sources of medical care for employees and their families. In reality, so-called sweatshops are some of the most lucrative employment opportunities available in Vietnam and in similarly underdeveloped parts of the world. The WRC?...