Corporate ethics czar launches forced-labour probes into Nike, Dynasty Gold in China

Ottawa’s corporate-ethics watchdog has announced investigations into a gold-mining corporation and the Canadian branch of Nike for possible forced labour by China’s Uyghur minority in their supply chains “These are very serious issues that have been brought to our attention,” Sheri Meyerhoffer, who is the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, told reporters Tuesday. “Canadian companies are expected to respect Canadian standards for human rights and environmental protection when they work outside of Canada.” The probes are the first investigations her office has launched since it was created by the Liberals in 2018, after sustained criticism by advocates, MPs and Meyerhoffer…