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IN 1998, THE Presbyterian Church filed a shareholder resolution asking Intel to assess the environmental and social performance of its suppliers. While many corporations might stonewall such a request, Intel chose to act. Over the next seven years, Intel strengthened its supply chain management programs. It worked with Microsoft, HP, Dell, IBM and others to develop the Electronics Industry Code of Conduct (EICC), to be applied throughout the supply chain. "Interestingly enough, while some of these companies are our competitors, we are also suppliers to some of them,” noted Dave Stangis, Intel's director of corporate responsibility. This put Intel in the unique position of voicing concerns from two perspectives, making the EICC more effective.
"We could see this issue of supply chain management coming, given what happened with the sweatshop issue in the apparel and shoe industries,” said Stangis. "We couldn't let what happened to The Gap and Nike impact us, so we decided to band together with other companies and take a leadership position on the issue.” This year, Intel is taking part in an EICC supply chain working group -- facilitated by Business for Social Responsibility -- which is developing surveys, assessments, and reporting tools for implementing the code.
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