India and Ethical business
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New Delhi - Population:
1173108018 - Size:
3287590.0 Km2
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- From fortune at the bottom of the pyramid to fortune for the bottom of the pyramid
- A.K. Jaiswal / Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2007
- Fortune at the ‘Bottom of the Pyramid’ (BOP) is a key business concept which implies that MNCs can do profitable business with 4 billion customers at the bottom of the economic pyramid, and that doing so will help uplift t...
- How to improve labour standards in sportswear industry?
- Play Fair 2008 Campaign, 2008
- Across the global sportswear industry, workers manufacturing sports apparel, footwear and soccer balls face poor working conditions and substantial violation of rights. This report which brought to focus the sports workers’ prob...
- Worker exploitation in India’s garment sector
- A. Mezzadri / School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2008
- Focusing on workers employed in Delhi, this paper investigates exploitation of informal sector workers in India’s garment industry. It looks at trends such as the incorporation of the informal economy into trans-national product...
- The social and environmental impacts of steel giant Arcelor Mittal’s growth
- G. Aitken, (ed) / CEE Bankwatch Network, 2008
- This paper investigates the impact of Arcelor Mittal’s growth on social and environmental factors focusing on cases studies in India, Romania, USA, South Africa, Ukraine, Bosnia, Kazhakstan, and the Czech republic. T...
- India's future lies in renewable energy
- A. Ringwald / Centre for Social Markets, UK, 2008
- India has developed to a stage where it is generally recognised that renewable energy is the most substantial and sustainable solution to its future needs. This paper provides an objective analysis of present day trends in renewable e...
- Food industry restructuring at the national level: evidence from eight country case studies
- T. Reardon; J. Huang / Sustainable Markets Group, IIED, 2008
- Rapid changes are taking place in the structure and governance of national and regional agrifood markets in developing countries, affecting the agricultural sector's ability to contribute to economic growth, poverty reduction and sust...
- Getting companies to contribute towards development.
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2008
- This paper debates the issues around business contribution to development. It is derived from the proceedings of a conference organised by the European Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and IFOK GmbH. The authors poin...
- Overcoming the organic certification barrier: case studies from Thailand, India, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Brazil
- P. Santacoloma / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- Certification is critical in organic markets as it enables organic producers to access new export and domestic market opportunities and premium prices due to the fact that organic quality adds value to products. Whilst in develop...
- Are companies in emerging markets committed to transparency?
- Social Investment Forum, USA, 2008
- With the increasing role of emerging market companies in the global economy, investors increasingly expect certain minimum standards of governance and disclosure to be met. This study investigates the current level of sustai...
- Does India comply with international labour standards?
- International Trade Union Confederation, 2007
- 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 World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Singa...
- Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID)
- Industry and the corporate sector in India
- ESocialSciences (eSS)
- Research in Asia
- Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad, India
- University conducting research on law-related issues
- Liberty Institute, India
- Indian socio-economic research institute focussing on governance, the environment, and economics.
- Centre for Social Markets, UK
- Independent organisation dedicated to promoting social justice, human rights and sustainable development through responsible entrepreneurship and the effective use of economic institutions. CSM currently has offices in the United Kingdom and India and works through a global network of associates and specialists in diverse fields. While international in scope, CSM has a particular focus on the pr...
