(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Wal-Mart is warning suppliers that it is adopting a "zero tolerance policy" for violations of its global sourcing standards and the company's new plan would begin taking effect from March 1, the Journal said.
The tougher code replaces Wal-Mart's prior "three strikes" approach to policing suppliers, which gave the suppliers three chances to address problems before being terminated. (http://link.reuters.com/wyh45t)
"Obviously our three-strike policy wasn't working as well as it could have," Rajan Kamalanathan, Wal-Mart's vice president of ethical sourcing, told the Journal in an interview. "Our message of zero tolerance is meant to get people's attention."
Wal-Mart could not be reached for comment by Reuters outside of regular U.S. business hours.
More than 100 workers were killed in a November 24 fire at the Tazreen garment factory in Bangladesh. Wal-Mart has said repeatedly that its Faded Glory clothing should not have been in production at the factory, a facility Bangladeshi authorities said was not safe for use.
(Reporting by Sakthi Prasad in Bangalore; Editing by Richard Pullin)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/wal-mart-tightens-supplier-policy-factory-fire-wsj-043011433--finance.html
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