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Franchising – all care and no responsibility

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When a number of senior managers of the beleaguered 7-Eleven franchise chain appeared before a Senate committee last month, they blamed the Franchising Code of Conduct for their apparent lack of action in response to the unlawful behaviour of franchisee operators.

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