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Evaluation Of Abercrombie & Fitch Based On The United Nations Global Compact 's Principles

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Alessio Kurti
Professor Mike VanHemert
BA 400
27 March 2015
Evaluation of Abercrombie & Fitch based on the United Nations Global Compact 's Principles In the year 2000, the United Nations developed an initiative to make businesses more socially responsible. It is called the United Nations Global Compact, or U.N.G.C. for short and it has 10 principles that are categorized into 4 groups. Human rights, labor practices, the environment, and anti-corruption policies summarize the 10 principles that businesses should follow. Since its inception 15 years ago, more than 12,000 participants from all over the world have agreed to follow the U.N.G.C. 's principles (Participants and Stakeholders). So, where does Abercrombie & Fitch fit into all of this? In order to fully evaluate the business practices of Abercrombie & Fitch, or A&F for short, we need to see if they are a part of the U.N.G.C. initiative, and what Abercrombie and Fitch says they are doing versus what they actually are doing. After pointing out issues with Abercrombie and Fitch 's practices for the last 15 years, it 's also important to look at the effect these practices are having on the company 's bottom line. Out the 12,000 participants that have joined the U.N.G.C., more than 8000 of them are business (Participants and Stakeholders). Abercrombie and Fitch is not one of them. Does this mean that Abercrombie and Fitch does not care about human rights, the environment, or any of the 10 principles outlined by the

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