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Why apparel brands' efforts to police their supply chains aren't working

Written by Jason Judd, Executive Director, Cornell Univeristy ILR School New Conversations Project, Cornell University

Consumers don't always know what's behind a label.Wachiwit/Getty Images

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For years, apparel brands have promised to police their supply chains to root out unsafe conditions and worker abuse. But new research from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor...

Why apparel brands' efforts to police their supply chains aren't working

The big idea

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