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Starbucks: slave and child labour found at certified coffee farms in Minas Gerais
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I'm no corporate shill, but the verification and constant need for reverification must be pretty challenging to enforce.
Especially when you don't actually care.
Exactly. They likely give some half ass attempt but given that the supply industry is rife with slavery, and people still buy coffee, they don't lose sleep over it.
Coffee itself is a highly substituteable good, making a tragedy of the commons scenario for those who try to ethically source their beans