ISBN:
9781783470358
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 205 Seiten
,
24 cm
DDC:
658.5
Keywords:
Lieferkette
;
Sozialstandards
;
labour rights
;
Business logistics Cross-cultural studies
;
Employees
;
Employee rights Cross-cultural studies
;
Work environment Cross-cultural studies
;
Business logistics Cross-cultural studies Employees
;
Employee rights Cross-cultural studies
;
Work environment Cross-cultural studies
;
International business enterprises Management
;
Foreign trade and employment
;
Fallstudie
;
Supply Chain Management
;
Sozialklausel
;
Supply Chain Management
;
Arbeitsbedingungen
;
Bekleidungsindustrie
;
Humanisierung der Arbeit
Abstract:
"The authors examine developments in labor standards in global supply chains over the past thirty years, analyzing factors that create challenges and opportunities for improving working conditions. They illustrate the complex dynamics within and among key groups, including brands, suppliers, governments, workers and consumers. Using extended examples from Chine, Honduras, Bangladesh and the United States, as well as new quantitative evidence, the authors analyze stakeholders and mechanisms that create or obstruct opportunities for improving labor rights..."--Page 4 of cover
Abstract:
"The authors examine developments in labor standards in global supply chains over the past thirty years, analyzing factors that create challenges and opportunities for improving working conditions. They illustrate the complex dynamics within and among key groups, including brands, suppliers, governments, workers and consumers. Using extended examples from Chine, Honduras, Bangladesh and the United States, as well as new quantitative evidence, the authors analyze stakeholders and mechanisms that create or obstruct opportunities for improving labor rights..."--Page 4 of cover
Description / Table of Contents:
The world brands create : Aligning interests across global supply chains : an analytic frameworkThe international framework for labor standardsLabor standards around the world : a quantitative examinationThe United States in the struggle for labor standardsApparel production in Honduras : a case of cross-cluster alignmentApparel production in Bangladesh : opportunity amidst tragedy?Labor resistance and local government : supplier collusion in post-1986 China.
Note:
Formerly CIP. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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