04715oam 2200793M 450 991080005510332120230207223835.01-280-47584-61-84977-088-31-136-56890-59786610475841600-00-0263-71-4175-4269-19781853839306(CKB)1000000000242771(EBL)429956(OCoLC)466434234(SSID)ssj0000130912(PQKBManifestationID)11140101(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130912(PQKBWorkID)10098305(PQKB)11423678(OCoLC)647501316(Au-PeEL)EBL429956(CaPaEBR)ebr10128864(CaONFJC)MIL47584(OCoLC)1062869498(OCoLC)847157144(OCoLC-P)1062869498(FlBoTFG)9781849770880(CaSebORM)9781853839306(MiAaPQ)EBC429956(EXLCZ)99100000000024277120020802j20021001 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrCorporate Responsibility and Labour Rights Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy1st editionNew York RoutledgeOct. 2002Florence Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]1 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85383-931-0 1-85383-930-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 detectivePART 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 experienceChapter 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 GBAppendix I: Useful web sitesIndexAnnotationThe emergence of voluntary corporate codes of conduct since the early 1990s is both a manifestation of and a response to the process of globalization. They have been part of a more general shift away from state regulation of transnational corporations towards corporate self-regulation in the areas of labour and environmental standards and human rights. This work provides a critical perspective on the growth and significance of corporate codes with a particular focus on working conditions and labour rights. It brings together work by academics, practitioners and activists.Social responsibility of businessIndustriesSelf-regulationIndustrial relationsEmployee rightsSocial responsibility of business.IndustriesSelf-regulation.Industrial relations.Employee rights.331.25/98Jenkins Rhys Owen1948-edt112760Pearson Ruth1945-edtSeyfang Gill1969-edtOCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910800055103321Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights3878163UNINA