Sarosh Kuruvilla

Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains

Problems, Progress, and Prospects

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Produktbeschreibung

"This book outlines the major problems in corporate voluntary regulation of labor standards in global supply chains, and shows the progress such regulation has made thus far in improving the lives of workers in the global supply chain. It then presents pathways by which private regulation can be improved"--Provided by publisher.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781501754524
• ISBN-10: 1501754521
• Artikelnr.: 60797503

Autorenporträt

Sarosh Kuruvilla is the Andrew J. Nathanson Family Professor of Industrial Relations, Asian Studies, and Public Affairs at Cornell University. He is co-editor of From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains
since the 1990s
OVERVIEW: PROBLEMS
1. Behavioral Invisibility: The Reliability of Supplier Data and the Unique
Role of Audit Consultants
2. Practice Multiplicity in the Implementation of Private Regulation
Programs
3. Causal Complexity: The Varied Determinants of Compliance and
Workplace-Level Improvements
OVERVIEW: PROGRESS
4. Has Private Regulation Improved Labor Practicesin Global Supply Chains?
An Empirical Examination
5. Wages in Global Supply Chains: Where They Stand and Where We Need to Go
6. Freedom of Association and Collective Bargainingin Global Supply Chains
OVERVIEW: PROSPECTS
7. Are Changes in Corporate Governance an Answer?
8. Aligning Sourcing and Compliance Insidea Global Corporation
9. From Opacity to Transparency: Pathways to Improvement of Private
Regulation
10. Conclusion