Online Public Relations Thoughts

The Malaysian government discovered "near slavery conditions" in a glove plant in that country.  Social auditors had missed it although they had written up the facility for multiple violations.  Manufacturers who use the company's products were left with a blighted reputation for depending on forced labor.  The social audits didn't work in finding such conditions of bondage.  A question is why.  Were the auditors paid off, naïve, slapdash or bamboozled?  The international companies that used them will need to find out to prevent reputational damage in the future.  It is symptomatic of a voluntary system that doesn't want to look too closely at labor conditions.