A shameful use of double standards

摘要

Andrew Gaved reported in Construction News a fortnight ago that non-CE marked machines were "flooding into the UK" (Industry Insight, 15 November). The Construction Equipment Association regards these non-compliant machines as a safety risk and the HSE, Trading Standards and Customs amongst others have been implored to take action. But for me the obvious question is, is it really the mark of corporate social responsibility in 2007 for global plant makers to build to lower standards for parts of the world where health and safety has a lower priority than in Europe? They are presumably doing this because they know full well that they can get away with placing those machines on markets in parts of Asia and Africa.