Evidence 3.
“It’s very beneficial for me, it’s an opportunity to save, and delivers my salary to my doorstep. And it’s a very good safe method of fingerprint capturing and identification.” Mr A Senthilkumar.
This evidence is another opinion which furthers the first and by having two it is more representative of the public but is still only two similar opinions but also has the same limitations as It would have been selectively chosen and is only one opinion of one worker, who may be getting above the average wage of Primark workers.
Evidence 4.
This graph shows the improvement rate in Primark’s factories (Grade 1 being the best and 3 the weakest). It shows that nearly 60% of the factories which were rated grade 3 in 2008 improved by at least one grade boundary by the end of 2009. Also the percentage of factories in grade 3 in 2008 has dropped by 55.9% (33/55) so over half of the factories have improved standards.
Evidence of no Social Responsibility for Primark.
Evidence 1.
Evidence 2.
"Sometimes we get major orders in and we have to work double quick. I get paid a few rupees for finishing each garment, but in a good day I can make 40 rupees (60p).
"The beads we sew are very small and when we work late at night we have to work by candle - the electricity in the camp is poor."
Evidence of Social Responsibility for Marks and Spencer's.
Evidence 1.
A disabled woman from north London who feared she might not work again, has a new job thanks to an innovative partnership between Marks & Spencer and Remploy. (a quote from an article on the Marks and Spencer's, Marks and Start plan)
The Marks and Start programme which gives the opportunity of work experience to a range of people including young unemployed, people with disabilities, the homeless, parents returning to work, students who are the first in their families to aim for higher education and school students. (Article summarizing the Marks and Start Programme)
Evidence 2.
Evidence of No Social Responsibility for Marks and Spencer's.
Evidence 1
“Marks & Spencer has been accused by Indonesian workers' leaders of selling clothes made by child labourers working for less than 50p for a 10-hour day in factories around Jakarta”
One industry source suggested that unauthorised subcontracting between different factories or fake labelling, which was common in Southeast Asia, could lie behind the claims.
Evidence 2
Marks & Spencer, which prides itself on buying British, has withdrawn a range of women's pyjamas which had been labelled as "Made in the UK" when they had been made in Morocco. The decision comes as the company braces itself for a two-part World In Action documentary entitled "Saint Michael - has the halo slipped?" to be be screened by Granada Television on Monday. The programme is expected to make allegations that some M&S suppliers are exploiting child labour in Third World countries and incorrectly labelling the garments as made in the UK.
Yesterday Marks & Spencer said it had never knowingly sourced garments made using child labour and denied that other incorrectly labelled clothing could be available in M&S stores.
On the incorrect labelling M&S said: "We believe this was a one-off mistake."
Evidence of Environmental Responsibilty for Primark
Evidence 1
The production of the crops themselves is extremely polluting. Cotton is one of the planet's heaviest consumers of pesticide, and thousands of agricultural workers die every year as a result of cotton pesticide application.
