Is the QUESTION NO : of paying at least minimum wage a valid QUESTION NO : to pose to potential suppliers as part of a socially responsible procurement policy?
Choose the most appropriate answer.
The most appropriate answer is:
A socially responsible buying approach would require not only minimum wage, but in some circum-stances greater than minimum wage as this may not be sufficient to support an employee to live de-cently.
This question is inspired by a recent visit to a country where there is a statutory minimum wage, but it is so low that most people would be unable to provide shelter and food based on that income. The wage to which I refer is less than $1 per hour.
In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that it is highly likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of global warming since the 1950's. What was their level of certainty?
95% plus level of certainty.
The process of removing items from storage racks and spaces in a warehouse so that the items can be issued and onwards transmitted.
Of what is this a description?
Stock picking. (The largest supermarket chain in South Africa is called 'Pick n Pay')
Shrinkage means 'theft'; stock rotation means ensuring that stock is used in appropriate (date) order; manual handling is moving items without mechanical or technological aids.
(L3M6)
Hydropower involves:
'Hydro' means 'water'.
As a child in Scotland, I remember visiting a hydro-electric power station, where a dam had been built across a river, with the dammed water used to generate electric power.
As a slightly older child, I used to routinely watch a BBC2 test television broadcast which was all about the building of the Kariba dam for a similar purpose, with huge environmental and social con-sequences. Many other such dams have been build since, including, for example, the Aswan dam. Often such projects attract criticism because of the effects on the environment as well as on people.
The principle that organisations responsible for creating pollution should be made financially liable for remedial action, is called:
Polluter pays
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