India and Ethical business
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- How can foreign business help eliminate caste discrimination in South Asia?
- Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 2006
- This report summarises a workshop of the Dalit Solidarity Network UK (DSN-UK) with a focus on the role international business can play in eliminating caste discrimination. DSN-UK proposes a voluntary policy of positive or affirmative ...
- Abuse of migrant workers in UAE
- Human Rights Watch, 2006
- This report documents alleged exploitation of construction workers by employers in the United Arab Emirates. In particular, the report focuses on migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. These report docu...
- 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...
- Social and environmental impacts of stone quarrying
- India Committee of the Netherlands, 2006
- This report seeks to provide a better understanding of the natural stone sector, in particular quarrying and processing in India and imports and consumption in the Netherlands. The report offers: a detailed account of t...
- Laws, norms and mechanisms governing companies' breaches of international law
- A. Ramasastry; R. Thompson / Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2006
- Based on a number of surveys examining the jurisprudence of a total of sixteen nations - Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, UK, and U...
- An investigation into mercury use in India
- Toxics Link, 2006
- This paper summarises the results of four projects carried out in India which aim to contribute to current information and data on mercury in India, as part of the campaign to end the use of mercury in the country. The four studies fo...
- 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...
- The cashew nut industry in India and power relations in global value chains
- K. Harilal; N. Kanji; J. Jeyaranjan; M. Eapen; P. Swaminathan / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
- This report explores the impacts of an expanding global market for cashew nuts on the livelihoods of women workers in the cashew processing industry in India. The report is based on fieldwork in Kerala and Tamil Nadu in south India an...
- Implementation assessments of corporate governance standards and codes
- World Bank, 2006
- As part of the Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) programme by the World Bank and IMF, this internet resource brings together country by country implementation assessments. The goal of the ROSC initiative is to id...
- Holistic approach towards capacity enhancement, sustainable livelihoods and MDGs
- N. Mukherjee / Eldis Document Store, 2005
- This paper describes some existing opportunities for directly connecting Fair Trade with new social groups of poor producers. It also highlights how these opportunities play a positive role in addressing sustainable livelihoods, pover...
- 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...
