Beyond Corporate Codes of Conduct: Work Organization and Labor Standards in Two Mexican Garment Factories

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Locke ◽  
Monica Romis
Keyword(s):  
Work Organization ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Labor Standards ◽  
Garment Factories ◽  
Corporate Codes Of Conduct

Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarosh Kuruvilla
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Regulatory System ◽  
Labor Standards ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Private Regulation ◽  
Labor Conditions ◽  
Voluntary Regulation ◽  
Corporate Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

This book examines the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility on improving labor standards in global supply chains. The book charts the development and effectiveness of corporate codes of conduct to ameliorate “sweatshop” conditions in global supply chains. This form of private voluntary regulation, spearheaded by Nike and Reebok, became necessary given the inability of third world countries to enforce their own laws and the absence of a global regulatory system for labor standards. Although private regulation programs have been adopted by other companies in many different industries, we know relatively little regarding the effectiveness of these programs because companies don't disclose information about their efforts and outcomes in regulating labor conditions in their supply chains. The book presents data from companies, multi-stakeholder institutions, and auditing firms in a comprehensive, investigative dive into the world of private voluntary regulation of labor conditions. The picture painted is wholistic and raw, but it considers several ways in which this private voluntary system can be improved to improve the lives of workers in global supply chains.

scholarly journals Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards? Lessons from Nike

ILR Review ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Locke ◽  
Fei Qin ◽  
Alberto Brause
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Labor Standards ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Global Corporations ◽  
Corporate Codes Of Conduct

Using a unique data set based on factory audits of working conditions in over 800 of Nike's suppliers across 51 countries over the years 1998–2005, the authors explore whether monitoring for compliance with corporate codes of conduct—currently the principal way both global corporations and labor rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) address poor working conditions in global supply chain factories—achieved remediation, as indicated by improved working conditions and stepped-up enforcement of labor rights. Despite substantial efforts and investments by Nike and its staff to improve working conditions among its suppliers, monitoring alone appears to have produced only limited results. However, when monitoring efforts were combined with other interventions focused on tackling some of the root causes of poor working conditions—in particular, by enabling suppliers to better schedule their work and to improve quality and efficiency—working conditions seem to have improved considerably.

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