Case Study 3 Levi Strauss Levi Strauss uses contractors around the world to produce its popular jeans. In 1992, Levi Strauss established operating guidelines that detail everything from environmental requirements to health and safety issues. To implement the guidelines, Levi Strauss audited its contractors and discovered that two contractors in Bangladesh were using workers in the factories who appeared to be underage. International standards have set a reasonable working age at 14. When the company brought it to the attention of the factory owners, the owners turned it back to ask Levi Strauss what it wanted the factory to do. There were no birth certificates so there was no way to know exactly how old these children were. Also, even if the children were younger than 14, they would very likely be a significant contributor to the family income and probably would be forced into other ways of making a living that would be more inhumane than working in a factory, such as prostitution or begging. Source: Compensation, Milkovich & Newman, 6th Edition; Questions: 1. Justify the International Labour standards on child labour. 2. Discuss one (1) recommendation which Levi Strauss should provide to the subcontractor