My co-founder and I learned that the manufacturing partner we've been promoting for their ethical labor practices is actually using subcontractors with terrible working conditions, and we're stuck between her wanting to quietly switch suppliers and my feeling that we need to publicly acknowledge what happened. Neither of us wants to be seen as profiting from exploitation, but we disagree about what transparency actually accomplishes.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people who built their brand on values must decide whether protecting that brand serves or betrays those values.
“Where Are You with Whistleblowing and moral courage?”
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