As the COVID-19 crisis roils the world economy, it creates significant disruptions to global supply networks. Many major American and European buyers and manufacturers of apparel and other consumer goods are rationalizing their supply chains, while others are diversifying and stretching further afield. Their decisions impact tens of thousands of suppliers and millions of supply chain workers around the world.
How are buyers making these important decisions, and are working conditions playing any part in their considerations? How are major buyers, unions, and governments planning to support supply chain workers? Will the economic crisis shift the debate about voluntary versus mandatory measures for buyers in their supply chains?
On Wednesday, April 15, Cornell faculty experts, along with sourcing and union leaders, will discuss these questions and more as they examine the implications of COVID-19’s disruption of global supply chains for both buyers and workers.
