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Title Corporate responsibility and labour rights : codes of conduct in the global economy / edited by Rhys Jenkins, Ruth Pearson and Gill Seyfang.

Imprint London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  331.2598 C817 2002    ---  Available
Description xvi, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction / Rhys Jenkins, Ruth Pearson, Gill Seyfang -- Codes of conduct and global deregulation. Political economy of codes of conduct / Rhys Jenkins -- Labour rights/corporate responsibilities : the role of ILO labour standards / Jill Murray -- "I'll tell you what i want ... " : women workers and codes of conduct / Ruth Pearson, Gill Seyfang -- Mapping codes through the value chain : from researcher to detective / Stephanie Barrientos -- Codes of conduct : perspectives from stakeholders in the global production chains. Beyond codes : lessons from the Pentland experience / Lesley Roberts -- International trade union movement and the new codes of conduct / Dwight Justice -- Emperor's new clothes : what codes mean for workers in the garment industry / Linda Shaw, Angela Hale -- Can codes of conduct help home based workers? / Lucy Brill -- Regional perspectives. "Made in China" : rules and regulations versus codes of conduct in the toy sector / Alice Kwan, Stephen Frost -- Contradictions in codes : the Sri Lankan experience / Kelly Dent -- Potential of codes as part of women's organizations' strategies for promoting the rights of women workers : a Central America perspective / Marina Prieto, Angela Hadjipateras, Jane Turner -- Fox guarding the chicken coop : monitoring garment production in Los Angeles / Laura Dubinsky -- Practical issues in developing and implementing codes. Working with codes : perspectives from the clean clothes campaign / Nina Ascoly, Ineke Zeldenrust -- ETI : a multi-stakeholder approach / Mick Blowfield -- Monitoring the monitors : a critique of third-party labour monitoring / Dara O'Rourke -- Code monitoring in the informal Fair Trade sector : the experience of Oxfam GN / Rachel Wilshaw.
Subject Social responsibility of business.
Industries -- Self-regulation.
Industrial relations.
Employee rights.
Added Author Jenkins, Rhys Owen, 1948-
Pearson, Ruth, 1945-
Seyfang, Gill, 1969-
Added Title Corporate responsibility and labor rights
ISBN 1853839310 (pbk.)
1853839302 (hardback)

 
    
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