Corporate 'inclusion' must apply to business partners too

Multinationals need to ensure that suppliers treat their workers with respect

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Women work in a garment factory in Dhaka: Bangladesh is the world's second-largest exporter of clothing. © Reuters

Yuka Fujimoto is a professor of business management at Sunway Business School in Subang Jaya, Malaysia.

Across Asia and the world, the increasing adoption of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices over the past 20 years has helped to instill the notion that all individuals, regardless of their background, should be included and respected by companies.

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