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#103 - Supplier choice the first step for CSR

19 Jan 2010

ABC radio ran an interesting piece before Christmas [17 Dec, am news] .... highlighting the ‘please explain’ that Qantas had received following their choice of supplier for the tedious and low-paid toil to repack their cleansed on-board headsets.

Apparently Qantas chose low-paid prison inmates over a disability centre as the supplier? Doubtless the decision was commercially sound. But the audience were left wondering that a little penny-pinching by the airline had completely betrayed their corporate social responsibility (CSR) credentials. 

Sometimes the actual choice of supplier speaks louder than any commercial factors.

The Buyer – posted 19 Jan 2010

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