Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Labor Standards: Firm

Name: Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Labor Standards: Firm
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Labor StandardsFirms and Activists in the Making of Private Regulation\nAuthor(s): Luc Fransen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138959842, 978-1138959842\nSynopsis\nHow effective are multinational companies at improving working conditions in their supply chains? This book focuses on a crucial dynamic in private efforts at regulating labor standards in international production chains. It addresses questions regarding the quality of rules (Are existing efforts to privately regulate labor standards credible?) as well as business demand for private regulation (To what extent are different types of regulation adopted by companies?). This volume seeks to understand the underlying issue of whether private regulation can be both stringent and popular with firms. \n\nThe study analyzes the nature and origins of, the business demand for and the competition between all relevant pr.