The report highlights that “to break the status quo, companies and their sub-suppliers need to gain clarity on where 'the buck stops' when it comes to fair wages.” Governments and businesses need to set and comply with standards on basic conditions. While a business can be made to define a framework of standards, the report also considers the obligation placed on both governments and workers in terms of a framework that defines human rights.
Despite Bangladesh's efforts to improve the economic condition of garment factory workers, a damning report from management consulting firm Accenture #
According to the researchers, earning a living wage is a human right under Article 23/3 of the Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.” The obligation is not merely on governments, with the UN Guiding Principles laying out a framework that defines the corporate responsibility to protect human rights. (SH)
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