Poor due diligence at best, at worst.....very scary

[Hoboh]

I think you'll find a lot of companies have a "dark side" to them. Once you start trying to pick and choose, you're not going to end up with much.

Is child labour an issue for you? A lot of chocolate companies take no responsibility for child labour. Thankfully, companies like Nike and Adidas seem to be fairly responsible. Don't know about Reebok though

Only because they were rumbled! Was it their African or indian "factory" that got stumbled across? cannot remember,

[boltonboris]

The one with the munitions warehouse?

[TANGODANCER]

Weren't most footballs made in India at one time using almost slave labour?

[BwfcDan]

Shady corporate deals at BWFC

http://mannyroad.com/bolton-wanderers-a ... um=twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Answers please, Phil

Cant say i'm bothered to be honest. As someone else pointed out, if the likesof Gary Neville stood on a landmine, i'd throw a party...

[Lennon'sEleven]

I'm a little uncomfortable about this.

[BWFC_Insane]

As DSB points out I think most of us will be a bit hypocritical condemning a deal like this over ethical grounds.

End of the day football fans in general are happy to go and watch new players, without ever questioning too much where the money has come from to pay for them. How it was earned, who earned it etc etc....

I imagine for fans of most premiership clubs, they probably shouldn't dig too far as they probably won't like the answers. I wonder how many truly ethical large companies there are out there prepared to invest in football clubs? My guess is not enough to go round.

[Bruce Rioja]

Weren't most footballs made in India at one time using almost slave labour?

Don't know about that, Tango, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me.

A friend of mine is a buyer for a company that supplies a large sports retailer that has a feint whiff of pies about it. Large parts of her time are spent out in Blangladesh. As part of her remit, whilst she's out there discussing designs and whatnot she carries out 'ethical factory surveys', but as she says, she ultimately hasn't a clue what's going on as soon as she's not there.

[Annoyed Grunt]

It seems Hitler and the Nazi trade union had a hand in Volkswagen's formation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen ... BCbelwagen" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Burn them all!!!!

[Lord Kangana]

Porsche made tanks if you're thinking of getting one.

And BMW aero engines.

You have been warned.

[Prufrock]

It seems Hitler and the Nazi trade union had a hand in Volkswagen's formation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen ... BCbelwagen" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Burn them all!!!!

It isn't a difficult distinction to make.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_tense" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Annoyed Grunt]

It seems Hitler and the Nazi trade union had a hand in Volkswagen's formation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen ... BCbelwagen" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Burn them all!!!!

It isn't a difficult distinction to make.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_tense" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just pointing out as others have, the majority of companies aren't whiter than white, wether currently or historically.

But cheers for the lesson though.

[Prufrock]

I can see the value of the current horrorshow argument. And if I had a team of folk dedicated to PR I'd be livid if I was linked to one. The whole VW, Siemens Fanta thang is balls.

[Montreal Wanderer]

It seems to me that large multinational organizations have many different divisions that are entirely unconnected with one another. We are being sponsored by the solar energy chaps, not the evil mine manufacturers. Solar energy is good, green, sustainable, etc. What I can't understand is how solar energy would work in Bolton, where days (months?) go by with no sun and the long winter nights at your latitude. Still, I was enlightened when I raised similar amounts of incomprehension about air conditioning, so I'm willing to be enlightened over this.

[P.O.S.]

It seems Hitler and the Nazi trade union had a hand in Volkswagen's formation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen ... BCbelwagen" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Burn them all!!!!

Hope none of you are into Hugo Boss either!

[TKIZ!]

I can see the value of the current horrorshow argument. And if I had a team of folk dedicated to PR I'd be livid if I was linked to one. The whole VW, Siemens Fanta thang is balls.

Why is it balls? Because it's historical? Have any of those companies paid reparations to anyone? Doubt it.

[Annoyed Grunt]

It seems Hitler and the Nazi trade union had a hand in Volkswagen's formation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen ... BCbelwagen" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Burn them all!!!!

Hope none of you are into Hugo Boss either!

Hmmmmmm.

[CAPSLOCK]

communistworkethic
August 25, 2011

so the fact that it is a different part of a conglomerate is not relevant? or the fact they haven’t made them since 2000? or the fact they were made solely to defend the border with North Korea, the most mental rogue state in the world? Or that the law on Korea compensates anyone injured, though why you’d be in the DMZ I don’t know. Perhaps people should refuse to accept the Nobel prize because Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and that’s been weaponised too? And what about the people that die each year from alcohol related diseases, should we decline the money from the League Cup sponsors? I hope when your knee jerked you didn’t kick yourself in the face.

Great loss, this fella

[CAPSLOCK]

ps Dick McCormick is an Iles

[Bruce Rioja]

communistworkethic
August 25, 2011

so the fact that it is a different part of a conglomerate is not relevant? or the fact they haven’t made them since 2000? or the fact they were made solely to defend the border with North Korea, the most mental rogue state in the world? Or that the law on Korea compensates anyone injured, though why you’d be in the DMZ I don’t know. Perhaps people should refuse to accept the Nobel prize because Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and that’s been weaponised too? And what about the people that die each year from alcohol related diseases, should we decline the money from the League Cup sponsors? I hope when your knee jerked you didn’t kick yourself in the face.

Great loss, this fella

Wise, wise words.

[keveh]

Wise word indeed, shame he was a bully as well.