Update: Factory Collapse in Bangladesh

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Scores Dead When Factory Collapses in Bangladesh
A.M. Ahad/Associated Press April 24, 2013

Mohammed Sohel Rana

Mohammed Sohel Rana, the fugitive owner of an illegally-constructed building that collapsed last week in Bangladesh, is produced before the media by Rapid Action Battalion commandoes in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, April 28, 2013. Rana was arrested near the land border in Benapole in western Bangladesh, just as he was about to flee into India’s West Bengal state, said Jahangir Kabir Nanak, junior minister for local government,. (AP Photo/Palash Khan)

I have been remiss in not reporting on the factory collapse last week in Bangladesh. If there is any good news from this story it is this: the factory owner, Mohammed Sohel Rana, has been arrested just before he was to flee the country. So often these factory owners disappear, never to be seen again, while leaving death and destruction in their path. Continue reading

Christine Bader: Waddling the Waddle: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Baby Market

Here is an interesting post from the Parents section of the Huffington Post on CSR in the Baby Market.  I recommend it for anyone interested in information regarding this precious market segment.  It definitely provides food for thought.

Christine Bader: Waddling the Waddle: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Baby Market.

Fairwear until next time…..