Corporate responsibility and labour rights codes of conduct in the global economy
The 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 o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Earthscan
2002
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The 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 |
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| Item Description: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 232 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 1849770883 1136568891 9786000002633 9781136568909 6610475849 1417542691 9781136568893 9786610475841 9781280475849 1280475846 1136568905 9781417542697 9781849770880 6000002637 |