Codes of conduct
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- Principles and guidance for rights-based grievance mechanism
- ( C. Rees / John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University , 2008)
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This document provides guidance for effective grievance mechanisms in the context of corporate social responsibility. It provides a tool for companies and their local stakeholders to work out right...
- Ethical supply chain management: a review of 10 years
- ( R. Hurst;M. Buttle;H. Murdoch / Impactt , 2007)
- This report reviews how debates and issues concerning labour standards and ethical supply chain management have evolved over the past ten years and also looks at Impactt's own involvement and work on ...
- Waitrose and its responsible sourcing principles: a success story
- ( Business in the Community, UK , 2006)
- Waitrose has established a set of ‘responsible sourcing principles’, outlining its expectations of its suppliers on issues such as labour standards, environmental management and animal wel...
- Violating code of conduct: Wal-Mart suppliers in China
- ( Clean Clothes Campaign , 2007)
- This paper investigates corporate misbehaviour by China’s eighth largest trading partner, Wal-Mart. The focus is on China’s export oriented toy industry and Wal-Mart’s unethical sour...
- Can Nordic companies do more to ensure suppliers adhere to codes of conduct?
- ( K. Bjurling / Fair Trade Center , 2005)
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This paper investigates violations of workers rights in the export industry of China. It particularly focuses on the manner in which Nordic toy companies are linked to these violations and it devel...
- Assessing the feasibility of a Code of Conduct for the natural stone sector
- ( India Committee of the Netherlands , 2007)
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The Dutch working Group on Sustainable Stone developed a Code of Conduct for the natural stone industries, covering societal, labour, environmental and opera...
Corporate governance for co-operatives
- ( L. Shaw / Global Corporate Governance Forum , 2006)
- This paper discusses corporate governance within the framework of the co-operative sector. It provides a good overview of relevant issues and debates and aims to remedy the lack of literature av...
- What are the benefits of increased transparency in the supply chain?
- ( J. Weimar / Global Reporting Initiative , 2007)
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This document presents the findings of research conducted to evaluate the benefits of increased transparency in the supply chain of Multinational Enterprises (MNE’s).
It argues th... - Labour conditions in the Thai computer hardware sector
- ( I. Schipper;E. de Haan / Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations , 2007)
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This paper reports on research carried out to assess labour conditions in the Thai ICT hardware sector. It assesses the supliers of major international computer manufactureres such as HP, Acer, Del...
- Can states prevent multinational enterprises from breeching guidelines?
- ( Y. Queinnec / Sherpa , 2007)
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This paper provides an overview of the growing sphere of influence of multinational enterprises (MNEs). It aims to open up avenues which will enable the influence of the current framework of positi...
