Loading ...Is there a way to ensure goods produced and distributed with unfettered capitalism practiced by eager socialists complies with world standards whilst maintaining protective preconditions for provincial manufacturing economies.
Why isn't there a world standard for acceptable QA on imported/ exported goods?
QA preconditions set by national authorities could help establish a framework for the reconciliation of free trade with fair trade.
For example a checklist on children's toys imported to Australia might include a visual indication of assurance to consumers with; 1) a Blue tick for product safety
2) a green tick for bench marked environmentally sustainable manufacture practices
3) a red tick signifying compliance with acceptable standards of human rights observance by the manufacturer for its employees.
The Blue tick is already expected as mandatory for permission to import/ distribute & sell products.
The Green tick ethos will necessarily become a precondition for many participating economies post Bali. Or at least the concept will be raised and discussed for implementation implications.
The Red tick is something the new Federal government of Australia may like to consider approaching during its time in office.
If the system where to be encouraged WITHOUT mandatory enforcement and relied on consumer will to guide the manufacturers practices thus avoiding central authority posturing it would be much easier to ensure future mandatory world standard requirements.
Money is not smart, people are. Money does not care, people do. Money is not wise, people must be.
Money is not wealth.
I think that may have been a Confucian sentiment echoed by Mao.
Couldnt agree witrh you more Mark. The Australian people have just spent millions of dollers advertising for the job as school prefect in a country where education has been as low on the priority list as the environment for the last 10 years.
That same budget and a campaighn which promoted the red, blue, green tick ethos for purchasing ethos could change things in 12 months. There would be a natural capitalist responce by manufactureres who would have to pay to have indipendant moniters to qa thier practices. (UN?/ a Fair Trade subsid?, aware of label risks here). An extra 2$ au on a garment for example at the pos end would pay for the RGB ethos infrastructure.