Title: How ethical is Starbucks Corporation? | Ethical Consumer
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Content: However when we put the corporate giant under the microscope we found problems all across Starbucks’ worker, animal rights, environmental and political practices. Starbucks Ethics
Our research highlights several ethical issues with Starbucks, including climate change, environmental reporting, habitats & resources, palm oil, arms & military supply, human rights, workers' rights, supply chain management, irresponsible marketing, animal rights, factory farming, anti-social finance, controversial technologies and political activities. Below we outline of some of these issues. To see the full detailed stories, and Starbucks overall ethical rating, please sign in or subscribe. People
Starbucks lost several marks in the ‘People’ category. In October 2018, we found that the company had operations in China, Thailand e Philippines and Colombia. This impacted their ethical score as these countries are on Ethical Consumer’s list of oppressive regimes. Supply chain management
Overall Starbucks score a middle Ethical Consumer rating for their supply chain management. The coffee chain’s social responsibility document contained adequate clauses on discrimination, freedom of association and forced labour. However, the policy only stated that the legal minimum wage must be paid rather than a living wage.