Stopping the Exploitation of Workers: An Analysis of the Effective Application of Consumer or Socio-Political Pressure
Commodity chain analysis (Bair and Ramsay, 2003 Multinational Companies and Global Human Resource Strategies) is used to explore where economic pressure (from consumers) or socio-political pressure (from governments and NGOs) can be applied to reduce worker exploitation. Six paths are illustrated wi...
Published in: | Journal of business ethics |
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Authors: | ; |
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2005
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Journal of business ethics
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Further subjects: | B
unsuccessful boycotts
B price pressure B commodity chains B worker exploitation B brand value B successful boycotts |
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Summary: | Commodity chain analysis (Bair and Ramsay, 2003 Multinational Companies and Global Human Resource Strategies) is used to explore where economic pressure (from consumers) or socio-political pressure (from governments and NGOs) can be applied to reduce worker exploitation. Six paths are illustrated with examples of successful and unsuccessful application of pressure. Three conclusions are reached :Economic pressure on companies and brand owners is more likely to lead to improved workplace conditions than socio-political pressure; Brand owners are more likely to implement improved workplace conditions than retailers; and Retailers who are under extreme consumer price pressure will resist improving workplace conditions. |
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ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-3410-3 |