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You are a member of an independent monitoring group assigned to investigate labour practices of one of the following companies: GAP, Wal-Mart, K-mart, J.C. Penney, Target, and Eddie Bauer. Take a look at one of their official web site of the company you choose, as well as web sites containing information about unfair labour practices, then address the following:

What percentage of this company's factories is outside the United States?

What are the average working conditions like in each of the countries in which this company has factories?

Are the conditions at this company's factories better or worse than the average conditions in these countries?

What human rights violations exist in these factories?

What has this company done to try to raise the standards of working conditions in these factories?

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