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Corporate responsibility and labour rights : codes of conduct in the global economy / edited by Rhys Jenkins, Ruth Pearson and Gill Seyfang.

Contributor(s): Jenkins, Rhys Owen, 1948- | Pearson, Ruth, 1945- | Seyfang, Gill, 1969-Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2002. Description: xvi, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 1853839302 (hardback); 1853839310 (pbk.)Other title: Corporate responsibility and labor rights | Corporate responsibility & labour rights [Cover title]Subject(s): Social responsibility of business | Industries -- Self-regulation | Industrial relations | Employee rightsDDC classification: 331.25/98 LOC classification: HD60 | .C639 2002
Contents:
Codes of conduct and global deregulation -- Introduction / Rhys Jenkins, Ruth Pearson and Gill Seyfang. The political economy of codes of conduct / Rhys Jenkins. Labour rights/corporate responsibilities : the role of ILO labour standards / Jill Murray. 'I'll tell you what i want...' : women workers and codes of conduct / Ruth Pearson and Gill Seyfang. Mapping codes through the value chain : from researcher to detective / Stephanie Barrientos -- Codes of conduct : perspectives from stakeholders in the global production chains : stakeholder perspectives. Beyond codes : lessons from the Pentland experience / Lesley Roberts. The international trade union movement and the new codes of conduct / Dwight Justice. The emperor's new clothes : what codes mean for workers in the garment industry / Linda Shaw and Angela Hale. Can codes of conduct help home based workers? / Lucy Brill. Regional perspectives. 'Made in China' : rules and regulations versus codes of conduct in the toy sector / Alice Kwan and Stephen Frost. The contradictions in codes : the Sri Lankan experience / Kelly Dent. The ootential of codes as part of women's organisations' strategies for promoting the rights of women workers : a Central America perspective / Marina Prieto, Angela Hadjipateras and Jane Turner. The fox guarding the chicken coop : monitoring garment production in Los Angeles / Laura Dubinsky. Practical issues in developing and implementing codes. Working with codes : perspectives from the clean clothes campaign / Nina Ascoly and Inneke Zeldenrust. ETI : aa multi-stakeholder approach / Mick Blowfield. Monitoring the monitors : a critique of third-party labour monitoring / Dara O'rourke. Code monitoring in the informal fair trade sector : the experience of Oxfam GN / Rachel Wilshaw.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Codes of conduct and global deregulation -- Introduction / Rhys Jenkins, Ruth Pearson and Gill Seyfang. The political economy of codes of conduct / Rhys Jenkins. Labour rights/corporate responsibilities : the role of ILO labour standards / Jill Murray. 'I'll tell you what i want...' : women workers and codes of conduct / Ruth Pearson and Gill Seyfang. Mapping codes through the value chain : from researcher to detective / Stephanie Barrientos -- Codes of conduct : perspectives from stakeholders in the global production chains : stakeholder perspectives. Beyond codes : lessons from the Pentland experience / Lesley Roberts. The international trade union movement and the new codes of conduct / Dwight Justice. The emperor's new clothes : what codes mean for workers in the garment industry / Linda Shaw and Angela Hale. Can codes of conduct help home based workers? / Lucy Brill. Regional perspectives. 'Made in China' : rules and regulations versus codes of conduct in the toy sector / Alice Kwan and Stephen Frost. The contradictions in codes : the Sri Lankan experience / Kelly Dent. The ootential of codes as part of women's organisations' strategies for promoting the rights of women workers : a Central America perspective / Marina Prieto, Angela Hadjipateras and Jane Turner. The fox guarding the chicken coop : monitoring garment production in Los Angeles / Laura Dubinsky. Practical issues in developing and implementing codes. Working with codes : perspectives from the clean clothes campaign / Nina Ascoly and Inneke Zeldenrust. ETI : aa multi-stakeholder approach / Mick Blowfield. Monitoring the monitors : a critique of third-party labour monitoring / Dara O'rourke. Code monitoring in the informal fair trade sector : the experience of Oxfam GN / Rachel Wilshaw.

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