Costco公司介绍
成立时间：1976年
公司主要业务：零售
公司业绩：1999年营业收入27,456百万美元。
价格成本（Costco Wholesale）是一家仓储会员式企业，致力于给顾客带来价格和质量最满意的商品。价格成本的连锁店已经发展到了世界的300多个地区，商品种类繁多，对待会员还有额外的服务内容，所做的一切都是为了使顾客在购物时保持愉悦的心情。
今年，价格成本公司将要庆祝公司成立和仓储会员式企业出现25周年。1976年，公司的第一家商店“价格俱乐部”在圣地亚哥Morena Boulevard的一家废弃的飞机库开业。
公司起初只是向小型企业提供服务，但是后来发现如果选择性向一些非企业的个人会员也提供服务会给公司带来更大的收益。有了这个想法，仓储会员式企业开始扩大营业规模。1983年，第一家Costco仓储商店在西雅图开业。Costco成为了第一家在短短的不到六年的时间里销售利润从零增加到30亿美元的公司。1993年，Costco公司和“价格俱乐部”合并，合并后的公司命名为PriceCostco，共有206家连锁店，每年的销售额可达160亿美元。从1997年开始，公司恢复了价格成本的名字，在世界范围内开设了335家连锁店，近年来公司的财政收入达到了的30多亿美元。
COSTCO供应商守则
Costco会尽力维护其供货商员工的工作权益和安全，同时，Costco认同并尊重世界各地在文化和法律上的差异。为此，Costco：
1、禁止使用非法童工、监狱劳工或奴役和虐待员工
2、期望供货商至少应遵守所在国之劳工法和环保法规
3、鼓励供货商努力实现“高于或超越Costco（供货商行为守则）的目标”
藉此步骤，Costco相信能够为员工提供可行和确实的保护及改善。Costco《供货商行为守则》适用于所有为Costco供货商合作。Costco将会与那些致力于执行此行为守则或已采取有关行动的供货商合作。Costco有权与不能遵守此行为守则的供货商终止业务关系。Costco可对这《供货商行为守则》进行修订、执行和/或解释；除Costco外，守则不会产生任何偏袒而对任何一方有力。
定义
高于或超越Costco《供货商行为守则》的目标是指供货商和相关生产单位所采用之计划和政策超过当地法律要求并且持续改进员工的工作条件和环境保护。Costco使用的供货商和相关生产单位，都是努力实现此目标并且会致力于保护和改善员工的权益、安全和工作环境。
Costco是指Costco总公司、附属公司及合资企业，包括Costco批发加拿大有限公司，Costco批发英国有限公司，Costco批发韩国有限公司，Costco（台湾）好市多股份有限公司，Costco墨西哥、SA de C.V.和Costco批发日本有限公司，这些全统称作“Costco”。
生产设施是指主要生产单位、生产商品的加工工厂或生产工厂。生产设施可能是供货商或分包商所拥有。不论供货商和分包商的关系如何，供货商有责任保证生产设施皆遵守《供货商行为守则》。
商品是指所有的产品陈述在Costco的采购订单和包装上，包括栈板、说明书、保证书以及其他一切包括在商品中的材料和服务。
供货商是指为Costco提供商品的公司，这包括的母公司、成员、子/分公司、代理商、代表与家族成员，以及与销售Costco之商品相关的其他业务、名称或商标。
Costco审核零容忍条款
Costco Procedure for ZT Violat
Call Hellen Ni or Sylvia Argueta when ZT/UD or serious violations are reported or detected.
Child Labor
1. If Child labor is reported by an employee:
a. Try to interview the child alone. Make the child as comfortable as possible. Have another auditor with you in the room.
b. Ask the child to write down his/her OWN name, birth date and home address on the interview sheet. Take a front view picture of the child (Call your partner if your partner has the camera). The picture should show the child¡¯s face.
c. Call your partner to find out this employee's age doc., labor contract, and payroll records.
d. Questions: Is this your own name? (In case the age document he/she provided before is not his/hers.) What is the sign of the Chinese Zodiac for your birth year? When did you enter the factory? Do you have an ID card? Was any age document requested from you upon hiring? If yes, is the document yours or other persons?
e. Make copies of any age document (ID card and any paper showing the age or birthday), labor contract, payroll records (first month records and most recent records), timecards (first month records and most recent records)
2. If Child labor is found through the age documents at the factory:
a. Copy the age document. (Take a picture first in case the factory does not allow you to copy the document.)
b. Locate the child and interview him/her. (Ask the same questions as above)
c. Find the child¡¯s labor contract, payroll, timecards, and take pictures of all documents. Make copies of any age document (ID card and any paper showing the age or birth date), labor contract, payroll records (first month records and most recent records), timecards (first month records and most recent records)
Physical Abuse
If Physical Abuse is reported by an employee:
a. Try to interview the employee alone. Make the employee as comfortable as possible. Have another auditor with you in room.
b. Questions: What is the physical abuse? Who abuses the employees? When was the last time that the abuse was committed? Why was the physical abuse committed? When did you enter the factory? Do you have an ID card? Was anyone else abused?
c. Try and interview any other employees that may have been abused.
d. Call your partner to find the employee's age doc., labor contract, and payroll records.
e. Take a picture of the employee. Take a picture of any bruises or scars that were made as a result of the abuse.
Prison Labor/Slave Labor
If Prison Labor/Slave Labor is reported by an employee:
a. Try to interview the employee alone. Make the employee as comfortable as possible. Have another auditor with you in the room.
b. Questions: Are you forced to work? Do you receive wages? If so, how much? How many hours do you work? When did you enter the factory? Do you have an ID card?
c. Try and interview any other employees.
d. Call your partner to find the employee's age doc., labor contract, and payroll records.
e. Take a picture of the employee. Take a picture of any suspicious activity.