The Limited Inc. and Intimate Brands Inc. have a responsibility, both ethical and fiscal, to avoid doing business with sweatshops, said Sam Fried, senior vice president for Limited Inc.Fried, who spoke Tuesday to a full room of business, law and textiles and clothing students at the Hillel Center, said The Limited and Intimate Brands require those doing business with them to sign a contract that outlines human rights and labor standards.”I know this is a big issue on campus,” said Fried, who is also chairman of Limited’s ethics committee.Fried said that over the past 10 years, his companies have become more sensitive to the basic human rights of the world’s labor force. Limited and Intimate Brands have an in-house audit staff that travels around the world inspecting human rights and workroom conditions in factories run by their business partners.”It’s no longer a question of is it relevant,” Fried said about workers’ basic human rights. “We’re way past that; it’s a question of business issues.”According to Fried, the value of the company’s brands, which include Victoria’s Secret, Bath and Body Works and Express, would be driven down if they were associated with poor labor practices or sweatshops. “We worry about them (sweatshops), not only because it’s the right thing to worry about, but because our brand equity depends on it,” Fried said.Company founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Leslie H. Wexner, a graduate of Ohio State, continues to set the company’s agenda.