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Re:How Benedict Arnold went from wartime hero to resentful t... by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday June 18, 2018 @04:13AM (#17336632)
Nestle claims to have a zero tolerance policy toward slavery, see https://www.nestle.com/ask-nestle/human-rights/answers/nestl...

We have zero tolerance for illegal trafficking or slavery. If we find any evidence of it then we report it to appropriate authorities immediately.

Re:How Benedict Arnold went from wartime hero to resentful t... by TangoTrotFox on Monday June 18, 2018 @04:53AM (#17336751)
I'm curious. Did you expect them to praise and embrace slavery on their website?

Slavery enables companies such as Nestle to source their resources for costs far below what they would have to pay otherwise. They do so while simultaneously condemning slavery and making some token efforts to combat it. Just enough to keep their carefully crafted public relations positive enough that it doesn't effect their bottom line. Though for what it's worth, I doubt that any of Hershey, Nestle, etc actually 'like' slavery, but they love the profits it enables, and that's undoubtedly been the story throughout much of history.

Re:How Benedict Arnold went from wartime hero to resentful t... by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday June 18, 2018 @09:03AM (#17337882)
Good points, thanks for the thoughtful response.

I started reading this[1] Wikipedia entry. Troubling.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labor_in_cocoa_productio...