Shocking hourly rates of Pippa Grab factory workers

I guess, if the currency converts favorably 17p is about 14 Rupees? so if that's per hour, someone can make around 112 rupees per 8 hour day. The question is, how much can one do with 112 rupees per day?

Agreed ...

There's the old saw "What comes around, goes around". IE if I don't do my best - within my means - to stop you being exploited and harmed, then when I need your help, you certainly won't feel any obligation to help me.

The way the UK is going, my approach is pragmatic politics and economics! We're going to be the ones earning equivalents of 17p a day for foreign bosses!

It's also good business sense often because companies that build in ethics as part of their trading principles appear to do better than more overtly short-termist, selfish businesses. John Lewis, for example, had a good year in bad trading conditions.

I was going to say, what if your products are aimed at a Primark type customer? shoppers wanting discount luxury, and for that it has to be made very cheaply.

But then I saw Primark does make a big play on ethical trading, so unless it's just propaganda and good marketing, maybe you really can have an ethical business?