What is acceptable behavior for companies to produce goods for our purchasing?  A company sells goods for a profit but at what cost?  Is a company liable for making sure their contracted suppliers abide by a standard? Recently the Gap was outed by a British film team with the facts of children as young as 10 working in sweatshops.  The Boston Herald reported that the Gap  takes the breach as extremely serious.  However, it did not cut ties with the supplier.  Since nonprofits are the largest employer in the US, send a message to the Gap of how you want them to treat the breach.  Protect the future of nations and make a difference. If you want to learn more about child labor issues,  check out UNICEF at http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_childlabour.html or Child Rights Information Network at http://www.crin.org/about/index.asp.

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