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Starbucks: slave and child labour found at certified coffee farms in Minas Gerais
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this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
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Hasn’t Starbucks had multiple instances of these sorts of headlines? I feel like nothing really happens about it
Standard corporate cycle. Use illegal/slave labor, get caught, media tour oopsie, pay fine aka cost of business, everyone forgets, repeat
Owners/ceos need to be held accountable so they actually care what is happening
I'm no corporate shill, but the verification and constant need for reverification must be pretty challenging to enforce.
Especially when you don't actually care.
Exactly. They likely give some half ass attempt but given that the supply industry is rife with slavery, and people still buy coffee, they don't lose sleep over it.
Coffee itself is a highly substituteable good, making a tragedy of the commons scenario for those who try to ethically source their beans