BryantatDell
Babyface
A quick response to the PS from butter7 - apologies for the delayed response.
You are right that changing labor practices throughout the global supply chain of the technology industry is going to be hard, and take some time to drive meaningful change. The supply chain of our industry is broad, very interrelated, global, and, as you point out, very competitive.
I disagree that we can't make changes though -- two thoughts - 1) we're placing contractual requirements on first tier suppliers re our expectations around workplace policies - performance is reviewed constantly and a supplier can risk losing business with us if they do not meet expectations.
but 2) perhaps more importantly - this is an industry wide issue to address which is why we helped found EICC -- it's one thing for Dell to have expectations, it's quite another when Dell and every major OEM has the same expecation of any supplier. If you visit eicc dot info there is some more information that may help.
thanks for the question though and please do keep sending questions and comments - this is a very important issue and Dell is committed to responsible operations. thanks
You are right that changing labor practices throughout the global supply chain of the technology industry is going to be hard, and take some time to drive meaningful change. The supply chain of our industry is broad, very interrelated, global, and, as you point out, very competitive.
I disagree that we can't make changes though -- two thoughts - 1) we're placing contractual requirements on first tier suppliers re our expectations around workplace policies - performance is reviewed constantly and a supplier can risk losing business with us if they do not meet expectations.
but 2) perhaps more importantly - this is an industry wide issue to address which is why we helped found EICC -- it's one thing for Dell to have expectations, it's quite another when Dell and every major OEM has the same expecation of any supplier. If you visit eicc dot info there is some more information that may help.
thanks for the question though and please do keep sending questions and comments - this is a very important issue and Dell is committed to responsible operations. thanks