1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450659703321

Autore

Jenkins Rhys Owen <1948->

Titolo

Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights : Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, Oct. 2002

Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]

ISBN

1-280-47584-6

1-84977-088-3

1-136-56890-5

9786610475841

600-00-0263-7

1-4175-4269-1

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

331.25/98

Soggetti

Social responsibility of business

Industries - Self-regulation

Industrial relations

Employee rights

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights: Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy; Copyright; Contents; Acronyms and abbreviations; List of figures, tables and boxes; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; PART ONE: CODES OF CONDUCT AND GLOBAL DEREGULATION; Chapter 2: The political economy of codes of conduct; Chapter 3: Labour rights/corporate responsibilities: the role of ILO labour standards; Chapter 4: 'I'll tell you what I want ...': women workers and codes of conduct; Chapter 5: Mapping codes through the value chain: from researcher to detective

PART TWO: CODES OF CONDUCT - PERSPECTIVES FROM STAKEHOLDERS IN THE GLOBAL PRODUCTION CHAINS Stakeholder perspectives: Chapter 6: Beyond codes: lessons from the Pentland experience;



Chapter 7: The international trade union movement and the new codes of conduct; Chapter 8: The emperor's new clothes: what codes mean for workers in the garment industry; Chapter 9: Can codes of conduct help home-based workers?; Chapter 10: 'Made in China': rules and regulations versus codes of conduct in the toy sector; Chapter 11: The contradictions in codes: the Sri Lankan experience

Chapter 12: The potential of codes as part of women's organizations' strategies for promoting the rights of women workers: a Central America perspective Chapter 13: The fox guarding the chicken coop: garment industry monitoring in Los Angeles; Practical issues in developing and implementing codes: Chapter 14: Working with codes: perspectives from the Clean Clothes Campaign; Chapter 15: ETI: a multi-stakeholder approach; Chapter 16: Monitoring the monitors: a critique of third-party labour monitoring; Chapter 17: Code monitoring in the informal Fair Trade sector: the experience of Oxfam GB

Appendix I: Useful web sitesIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910162685203321

Autore

Spain Ted

Titolo

Breaking Iraq : the ten mistakes that broke Iraq / / by Colonel Ted Spain, US Army (ret) and Terry Turchie, Dep. Asst. Dir. FBI (ret)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

History Publishing Company, LLC

ISBN

1-933909-57-9

Disciplina

956.7044/30973

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Campaigns - Baghdad

Military assistance, American - Iraq

Deception - Political aspects - United States

Internal security - Iraq

United States Politics and government 21st century

Iraq Politics and government 2003-

Iraq Armed Forces Operational readiness

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / Thomas E. Ricks -- Preface / Teddy R. Spain -- Introduction -- The Middle East, March, 2003 -- Where are all the military police?: the fallacy of Secretary Rumsfeld's deployment plans -- Law and order in the rear view mirror -- Enemy, terrorist, or criminal? -- Detainees and intelligence collection -- Janis Karpinski, warden of Abu Ghraib -- The combat arms mentality of Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez -- L. Paul Bremer's CPA: Can't Produce Anything -- Bernie Kerik, "the Commissioner" -- Can we count on the Iraqi police? -- The hidden weakness of the George W. Bush coalition of the unwilling -- Conclusion -- Glossary.

Sommario/riassunto

The unvarnished account of a brigade commander's tour of duty in Baghdad during the first chaotic year of the American occupation following the 2003 invasion. What went wrong and what was wrong with the U.S. military is closely examined. The ten major mistakes made in Washington and on the battlefield are brought to light--Publisher.