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Labor issues and corporate responsibility in China
A collection of articles on Chinese labour issues
Authors:
; US-China Business Council
Publisher:
US-China Business Council , 2006
This series of articles discusses different aspects of labour conditions in China as well as United States business efforts to ensure appropriate labour and related conditions in Chinese production facilities. The articles discuss codes of conduct, industrial relations, migrant workers, corporate social responsibility and workplace health and safety.
The articles included in the bulletin include:
- Labour relations in focus: discusses Chinese government’s efforts to better protect workers’ rights as a result of worries about domestic social stability
- Beyond codes of conduct: discusses steps foreign companies can take and are taking in order to address to labour issues in China
- China’s changing labour relations: analyses the changing labour scene in China due to a growth in company codes of conduct, grassroots labour advocates and domestic regulation of labour rights
- Hope for China’s migrant women workers: explores the issue of female migrant labour in Guangdong Province, where women face human rights violations and lack access to social services such as health care and social welfare
- Three C's: civil society, corporate responsibility, and China: discusses the retreat of the state in economic management and social services as well as the resulting rise of civil society organisations in service provision
- Ensuring health and safety in China operations: gives three case studies on how American companies are helping advance environmental health and safety in their foreign direct investment.
