Green Move's recent success is due largely to its strategic relationship with one of its suppliers, the Solar Group. The Solar Group manufactures the solar panels that are critical in the Zero Pedal. The Solar Group is located in Bangladesh where it employs over one hundred people, including many child laborers.Consistent with Robert's conscionable mindset, Green Move's contract with the Solar Group specifies that "no children shall be employed by the Solar Group and that all workers shall be treated fairly."

One evening Robert receives a telephone call from an online blogger who claims that he obtained video footage within the Solar Group factory depicting a dimly lit and poorly ventilated work environment. He also claims that the factory workers are paid less than an adequate wage to live in dignity. He asks Robert to comment and tells him that he will be posting a link in his blog to the video to show the public that Green Move is a phony and that its relationship with Solar is being used to exploit foreign workers.

Ironically, at the same moment, Akash is returning from his long day of work at the Solar Group factory.He is 23 years old and has been working intermittently in various factories since he was thirteen. Most of his childhood friends do not have jobs and those who do earn less than Akash.He has never left Bangladesh.Akash is tired but he is thankful to have found a job at the Solar Group.He understands that the work is dangerous but he hopes to move into a supervisory position within five years where he will realize a modest increase to his hourly wage.As a result, he has avoided the recent debate among his coworkers whether they should unionize and leverage their collective weight to demand better working conditions.

Robert knows that the workers at the Solar Group factory are paid more than the average wage in Bangladesh.However, he also knows that work environment is much worse compared to the conditions in the United States and that these labor practices which are legal in Bangladesh are illegal in the U.S.

What is the appropriate standard he should apply when considering the working conditions and wages in Bangladesh?