It is your moral obligation to see that those who work for you even indirectly — those from whose labor you profit — receive decent treatment. While wages and working conditions vary internationally, nobody’s idea of “decent” encompasses “chronic colds, fever, stomach disorders, chest pains and tuberculosis,” even in developing nations, even where people badly need jobs.
I concede that it can be difficult to monitor things from thousands of miles away. Fortunately, you have other options. There are labor organizations, both governmental and private, that address this vexing problem and can assist you in hiring workers who will be treated fairly. Or you might reconsider conducting at least your initial operations domestically. Local governments, trade unions and manufacturers are eager to add industrial jobs. You can consult all of them.
What you may not do is simply throw up your hands at working conditions overseas or fob off this duty on those with whom you contract. You must strive to learn whose sweat provides your equity and how it is extracted.
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