Others fear similar scandals that might make softhearted customers feel guiltily attired. Some major companies now issue codes of conduct and send inspectors into their suppliers' factories to enforce the rules, counting fire exits and auditing overtime records. These controls are imperfect and a few critics even deride them as farce. And they do not greatly inflate the pay. But the factory supplies its workers with purified water, clean bathrooms and a doctor on the premises.
Doors stay unlocked.
There are fire exits. That's all fine, as long as they pay us more to get it. An Uncertain Future Most factories do not work with the major stores, however. And in Bangladesh there is motivation for owners to gobble up maximum profits before it is too late. For all the garment industry's success, its future hangs by a thread.