CASE #1

You work as a manager or as a lawyer in the legal department of one of the biggest fashion
retailers in Germany with a subsidiary in the Netherlands (both with more than 3000
employees). The clothes your company sells are manufactured in Lahore, Pakistan. Some of
the workers there are under the age of 18. Safety standards in the factory literally do not exist.
From a legal point of view: What has to be observed, in particular in the future, when your
company in Germany and the Dutch subsidiary purchases clothes from the Pakistan supplier?

Readings CASE #1:

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