Format:
1 online resource (230 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781107031555
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9781107058101
Series Statement:
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics Series
Content:
This book examines and evaluates various private initiatives to enforce fair labor standards within global supply chains. Through careful, empirically grounded analysis, it illustrates the mix of private and public regulation needed to address these complex issues in a global economy
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Rise of Private Voluntary Regulation in a Global Economy -- Introduction -- We Live in a World of Global Supply Chains -- Athletic Footwear -- Mobile Electronic Devices -- Private Voluntary Regulation as a "Second-Best" Solution -- Conflicting Interests and Collective Action Problems Inherent in Private Voluntary Initiatives -- The Argument in Brief -- 2 The Promise and Perils of Private Compliance Programs -- Private Compliance: A Review of the Literature -- Key Features and Underlying Assumptions of Private Compliance Programs -- Notes from the Field: How Private Compliance Programs "Work" in Practice -- Reliable Information? A Closer Look at the Audit Process -- Flawed Incentives? Whose Behavior Do We Want to Change, Anyway? -- Private Compliance Efforts at ABC and HP -- ABC -- Hewlett-Packard -- 3 Does Private Compliance Improve Labor Standards? -- Nike and the Athletic Footwear Industry -- Does Private Compliance Work? A Look at the Data -- How Good or Bad Are Working Conditions? -- Explaining the Variation in M-Audit Scores -- Country and Industry Effects -- The Change in Labor Compliance over Time -- Changes in M-Audit Scores -- The Change in Compliance Ratings -- Appendix 3.1. Nike Code of Conduct -- Employment Is Voluntary -- Employees Are Age 16 or Older -- Contractor Does Not Discriminate -- Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Are Respected -- Compensation Is Timely Paid -- Harassment and Abuse Are Not Tolerated -- Working Hours Are Not Excessive -- Regular Employment Is Provided -- The Workplace Is Healthy and Safe -- Environmental Impact Is Minimized -- The Code Is Fully Implemented -- Appendix 3.2. Nikes Compliance Rating System -- Appendix 3.3. Explaining the Variation of First M-Audit Score: Alternative Country Level Indices
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Appendix 3.4. Explaining the Variation of First M-Audit Score: Hierarchical Models -- Appendix 3.5. Explaining Variation in Specific M-Audit Items: Wages and Work Hours -- 4 Capability Building and Its Limitations -- Capability Building - Theoretical Roots and Mechanisms -- The Movement Away from Traditional Compliance -- International Aid and Capacity Building -- Capability Building in Global Value Chains -- Capability Building as a Normative Ideal -- Capability Building in Practice -- Upgrading through Factory Inspections: Vignettes from ABC's Supply Chain -- Improving Competitiveness and Compliance at Sula Shirts -- Tackling Excess Overtime: The Case of Ambar Designs -- Health and Safety Improvements in the Dominican Republic -- The Mixed Results of Capability-Building: Lessons from the ILO's Factory Improvement Program -- FIP Vietnam -- FIP India -- Do Capability-Building Programs Really Make a Difference? Evidence from HP's Focused Improvement Supplier Initiative China -- Concluding Considerations: The Politics of Capability Building -- 5 Alternative Approaches to Capability Building -- A Tale of Two Factories -- Two Worlds of Work -- Wages -- Employee Satisfaction -- Participation in Production Planning -- Work Hours and Overtime -- Worker Voice -- Explaining Differences in Working Conditions: Alternative Explanations Considered -- Factory Characteristics -- Labor Market Differences -- Work Organization and Employment Relations on the Shop Floor: Alternative Approaches to Capability Building -- Plant A -- Plant B -- Concluding Considerations -- 6 Are We Looking in the Wrong Place? -- Introduction -- The Global Electronics Industry -- Hewlett-Packard -- Audit Results -- Explaining Persistent Workplace Violations -- The Cascading Effect of Upstream Business Practices on Labor Standards in the Global Electronics Industry
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The Starting Point: Increasing Industry Dependence on Consumer Markets -- How the Electronics Industry Responds to Dynamic Consumer and Retail Markets -- How these Policies and Practices Play Out on the Factory Floor -- The Case of Inkjet Printers -- Volatility, Production Practices, and Labor Standards -- Concluding Considerations: Collaborative Buyer-Supplier Relations as a Possible Solution? -- 7 Complements or Substitutes? -- Introduction -- Promoting Fair Employment Conditions for Contract Workers in Mexico and the Czech Republic -- The National Regulatory Frameworks Affecting Agency Work in the Czech Republic and Mexico -- Notes from the Field: The Conditions of Agency Workers at the Plant Level -- Institutional Interactions and Divergent Pathways Toward Enforcement -- Improvements in Mexico through Private Substitution of Ineffective Public Regulation -- Improvements in the Czech Republic through Complementary Private and Public Regulation -- Regulatory Renaissance and the Need for Complementary Public and Private Action -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Locke, Richard M. The Promise and Limits of Private Power New York : Cambridge University Press,c2013 ISBN 9781107031555
Language:
English
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