[photopress:dell.jpeg,full,alignright]Dell basically sells computer direct although it is also moving in the direction of selling through retail outlets. What that has to do with a Global Citizenship Workshop is not easy to fathom. The workshop was to provide more than a dozen major suppliers with information and tools to improve workplace conditions using the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct (EICC) principles.
Dell was one of eight companies that in 2004 founded the EICC group, which now has 26 members.
During the workshop, Dell asked suppliers to sign a letter committing to EICC standards and partner with secondary suppliers to communicate the advantages of EICC standards, including a safer, healthier workforce and the productivity gains resulting from shared audits.
Several Dell suppliers already are using business process improvement practices to address issues such as excessive employee work hours and days off per month.
A Peking University study released earlier this year estimated that Dell indirectly creates more than 1.5 million jobs in China. The study cited knowledge transfer as a competitive advantage for Dell and its suppliers, a capability Dell plans to use as it continues to encourage suppliers to improve workplace conditions.
Source: PressZoom