UniCo-A Multinational Corporation That Specializes in Designing, Developing, and Selling

Multiple Choice

UniCo-a multinational corporation that specializes in designing, developing, and selling consumer electronics-outsources manufacturing products to a third-world country company. Human rights activists have criticized UniCo for operating inhumane sweatshops at the manufacturing plants to gain profits. Although UniCo. is not directly liable to the labor exploitation, it threatens to pull out its business from the contracted company if the laborers are not provided with dignified wages and good working conditions. Which of the following responsibilities did the company fulfill in this scenario?

A) Caveat emptor
B) Implied merchantability
C) Respondent superior
D) Strict liability