The reason Chinese factories are as bad as they are, is no government agency makes them behave.
There are no safety laws so there is no reason to run safe factories and plenty of reason$ not to.
The multinationals who flock to China aren't there because you can pay a worker $3 a day and get away with it. It is because compliance with western nations' environmental and safety laws costs more than salary. You and I would gladly pay the difference. Walmart won't, and because they won't you can't. Think of Walmart as the private sector equivalent of the Texas state school board who decides what kids in Maine learn. Walmart is the biggest player in retail, and they tell suppliers what the price is going to be. As WM is such a huge supplier companies can't tell them GFY so suppliers do whatever it takes to please them.
There is a Fast Company article about Snapper pulling its mowers out of Walmart. We all love it here but it's not germane to the real world: Snapper has a network of servicing dealers who do a good job, and who all sell at the same price. When you buy an expensive lawn mower from a servicing dealer they take it out of the carton, inspect it, test it, adjust as necessary and train the new buyer in its use. If it breaks you take it there for service. Buy a Snapper from Walmart and you got a sealed box that could have anything from a lawn mower to a pissed-off turtle in it. Most products don't require what Snapper gives you. Walmart was hurting their real dealers - four out of five Snappers during the Walmart contract were bought by people who weren't stupid enough to buy a $500 walk-behind mower in a sealed box. And getting rid of them didn't hurt their sales. Most companies don't have that option because Walmart likes to be over half your business. It gives them control over you.
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