China and Ethical business
- Capital:
Beijing - Population:
1330044000 - Size:
9596960.0 Km2
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- Mixed findings on the effectiveness of voluntary labour codes
- S. Barrientos; S. Smith / Ethical Trading Initiative, UK, 2006
- This report, commissioned by the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), aims to assess whether its own private sector code of conduct approach has had demonstrable positive effects for workers. The fieldwork comprised six case studies in I...
- Trends of CSR in China
- Business for Social Responsibility, 2006
- This article examines CSR issues in a Chinese context. Written to a large extent by Chinese contributors it offers multiple Chinese perspectives from business, academia and government, which can help illuminate corporate social respon...
- How tourism contributes to poverty reduction in China
- Jiaolan Bowden / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
- China is likely to be the world’s most popular tourist destination by 2020. Most of China’s 125 million poor people live in rural areas. The natural resources here are suitable for tourism; this creates opportunities to bene...
- Problems of overtime payment for piece- rate workers in China
- Verité, 2006
- This brief examines and assesses legal and logistical problems of overtime payment for piece- rate workers in China, i.e. production workers whose compensation is determined per task/piece completed as opposed to earning an hourly wag...
- The Great Firewall: internet censorship in China
- Human Rights Watch, 2006
- This report documents how extensive corporate and private sector cooperation – including by some of the world’s major Internet companies – enables a system of internet censorship in China, popularly known as the Great F...
- Internet companies and freedom of expression in China
- Amnesty International, 2006
- This briefing paper provides an overview of the use of the Internet as a tool to deny freedom of expression in China, focusing on both the Chinese government’s suppression of dissent and on the role of Yahoo!, Microsoft and Googl...
- Local financing for energy efficiency in China, India and Brazil urgently needed to reduce climate change?
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minsk, 2006
- Without gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and Brazil are projected to more than double their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in a single generation, resulting in major impacts on the global energy system and c...
- Reforming the All-China Federation of Trade Unions
- J. Howell / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
- This paper examines the rise of direct elections in the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), their significance for the reform of China’s sole trade union federation and for improving workers’ conditions, and their ...
- Fighting the illegal wildlife trade in East and Southeast Asia
- World Bank, 2005
- This report aims to stimulate discussion, share knowledge, and contribute to learning from experience regarding the fight against the illegal trade of wildlife. It explores the dynamics of illegal wildlife trade in East and Southeast ...
- Dealing with China's development quest: natural resources at what cost?
- A. Crawford; O. Brown; V. Yang / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2006
- This paper discusses the security implications of China’s economic growth and environmental challenges. It raises a number of important questions: How will China secure the resources it requires if it is to fulfil its ambition of...
- Factory Improvement Training (FIT 5)
- Multi-supplier training programme
- Institute of Contemporary Observation (ICO)
- Labour development and corporate social responsibility in China
- The China Business Council for Sustainable Development (CBCSD)
- Coalition of leading Chinese and foreign enterprises registered and operating in China
- Environment-oriented Enterprises Consultancy Zhejiang
Chinese environment and development consultancy based in Zhejiang
- SynTao
- CSR information and consultancy service in China
- Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM)
- Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) is a non-government organization (NGO) based in Hong Kong, China, founded in June 2005 by students, and later joined by other cultural and labour activists. SACOM's main goal is to monitor and campaign against corporate misbehavior that violates worker's rights, health, safety, welfare, and dignity in China.
- The Responsible Supply Chain Association (RSCA)
- The Responsible Supply Chain Association (RSCA) is an industry-wide and professional body for the promotion of social responsibilities, which is directly under the administration of China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC). It is composed of enterprises, companies, buyers, retailers and other interested parties within the entire textile supply chain, with an aim at utilising resources an...
