Private regulation of labor standards in global supply chains : problems, progress, and prospects / Sarosh Kuruvilla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuruvilla, Sarosh, author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial relations.

Industrial procurement--Moral and ethical aspects.

Industrial procurement.

Industries--Self-regulation.

Industries.

Employee rights.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : ILR Press, 2021.

Summary:

This work examines the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility on improving labor standards in global supply chains. Sarosh Kuruvilla charts the development and effectiveness of corporate codes of conduct to ameliorate 'sweatshop' conditions in global supply chains. This form of private voluntary regulation, spearheaded by Nike and Reebok, became necessary given the inability of third world countries to enforce their own laws and the absence of a global regulatory system for labor standards.

Contents:

Private regulation of labor standards in global supply chains since the 1990s

Behavioral invisibility: the reliability of supplier data and the unique role of audit consultants

Practice multiplicity and labor practices in global supply chains

Causal complexity: the varied determinants of compliance and workplace level improvements

Progress improving labor practices in global supply chains: an empirical examination

Where wages stand and where we need to go

Freedom of association and collective bargaining in global supply chains

Are changes in corporate governance the answer?

Aligning sourcing and compliance

From opacity to transparency.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 17, 2021).

ISBN:

9781501754524

1501754521

9781501754531

150175453X

OCLC:

1183400544