Labour standards
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- Improving labour practice and competitiveness in Jordan’s Apparel industry.
- ( Business for Social Responsibility , 2008)
- The textile and apparel industry in Jordan is heavily reliant on migrant workers. Based on a report of abusive treatment of these workers, factories were exposed to sharp increase in public inspection...
- Status of Corporate Responsibilty in supply chains in Bangladesh
- ( International Federation for Human Rights , 2008)
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This report assess labour rights in Bangladesh's export garment industry. It notes that working conditions in export garment factories had substantially improved over the last two y...
- African gold mining from a workers perspective.
- ( H. Jauch;A. Baah / African Labour Research Network , 2007)
- This paper examines the behavior of three leading gold producers in Africa; Gold Fields, Anglo-gold Ashanti, and Metorex. It discusses labour relations and working conditions, company restructuring, H...
- Have the working conditions in Cambodian garment sector improved?
- ( T. Wallace / Global Union Research Network , 2008)
- This working paper seeks to critically assess the operation of ‘Better Factories Cambodia’, a International Labour Organisation monitoring project. It outlines the structure of the Cambodi...
- Does India comply with international labour standards?
- ( International Trade Union Confederation , 2007)
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This report analyses the extent of conformity to internationally recognised labour standards in India. It particularly focuses on those standards discussed at first Ministerial Conference of the Wo...
- How globalisation in agribusiness is affecting South Asian farmers
- ( S. Sigh / Make Trade Fair Campaign, Oxfam International , 2007)
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This paper reviews the nature, profile and functioning of South Asia’s agribusiness sector which has been undergoing rapid changes in the wake of globalisation. Its principal focus is the imp...
- Transnationals in China have better than average working conditions but still room for improvement
- ( Asia Monitor Resource Center , 2007)
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This report presents the findings of a study of industrial relations and working conditions in metal-work related sectors in China in 2006. The study commissioned by the International Metal Workers...
- Derechos humanos y empresa: hacia un nuevo paradigma?
- ( A., J. de Regil / La Alianza Global Jus Semper , 2007)
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Este estudio hace una valoración del debate sobre la responsabilidad de las empresas respecto a los
derechos humanos en particular, pero también sobre los derechos políti... - Ethical supply chain management: a review of 10 years
- ( R. Hurst;M. Buttle;H. Murdoch / Impactt , 2007)
- This report reviews how debates and issues concerning labour standards and ethical supply chain management have evolved over the past ten years and also looks at Impactt's own involvement and work on ...
- Improving social protection for home-based workers in South Asia
- ( Institute of Social Studies Trust, India , 2007)
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Home-based work is an increasingly important source of employment in South Asia, where it is estimated that there are over 50 million home-based workers. This paper highlights the risks a...
