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Article

26 Mar 2006

Author:
Sandra Taylor, Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Starbucks

[DOC] Further information provided by Starbucks, relating to its exchange with customer Gordon Quilty

As we stated in our response, human rights is an important issue and we are working on a company policy that will help define our role in the human rights discussion. We have primarily focused our efforts with regard to human rights on our core business of coffee as part of our overall sustainability efforts...in June 2004, Starbucks joined the UN Global Compact...

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