According to the Across Cultures Competency: Hewlett-Packard,Bonnie Nixon-Gardiner got Dell,IBM,Intel,and other companies to formulate the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct.This code bans abuses such as child labor,forced labor (use of prisoners),and excessive overtime.

Child Labor

The employment of children in any work that deprives them of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and is mentally, physically, socially, or morally dangerous and harmful.

Forced Labor

Forced labor is work that individuals are compelled to do against their will, under threat of punishment or other forms of coercion, often in exploitative conditions.