Corporate Social Responsibility

The article we read in class about South African Wine Industry promotes ethical practices, so a interesting article. I think they are trying to make it better, but its hard to emply rules in foreign countries where this is how they have always done things, and its their mean for survival. It is a tough issue. We discuss this issue a lot in my business classes and it is looked at more as a market/money/survival issue rather than in this class as a ethical issue. I enjoy looking at it in both ways.
The issue we brought up in class of GAP was weird. They are trying to do one thing, but yet their company all the way through the chains doesn't work that way. The child labor laws are a big issue with many companies. It is a moral and ethical decision that is hard to make by companies. The key I learned out of this article is to tell about your disclosures before someone else does. It will save your company a lot of trouble in the long run.