Another recent government act that regulates the corporations is the Clean Air Act, which was responsible for several rather large penalties and Costco Wholesale Corp. was no exception ("Costco Wholesale …show more content…
operations both in domestic and international markets. The company had to create a retail program focused on the food processing operations due to the requirements of the government guidelines ("Costco Wholesale: Food Safety from the Top Down", 2012).
Additionally, Costco Wholesale Corp. is one of the companies that possess a high number of warehouses. In 2015, the corporation was owning 686 warehouses worldwide and it is required to understand that government policies are also regulating this integral part of the supply chain ("Costco 's number of warehouses worldwide 2015", 2016). Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s guidelines are specifically created to address the possible hazards that might occur in the warehouses and all the companies have to follow them in order to avoid penalties (Worker Safety Series: Warehousing,