While some well-publicized gains have been made--including recognition of employee-run unions in some factories, limits on mandatory and unpaid overtime and a decline in sexual harassment of female employees--these codes of conduct have proved difficult to enforce. Major brands make clothing for the college market in thousands of factories around the world, and their college-bound goods are only a small fraction of total production, making it difficult to hold them accountable.
'The codes are just empty promises unless universities back up their commitment with enforceable standards that brands have to live up to,' said Zack Knorr, a student leader at the University of California, Riverside.
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