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Searching with a thematic focus on CSR in China, Corporate Social Responsibility in China

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  Why China lacks the right environment for corporate social responsibility

  China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham, 2006

  Irresponsible behaviour by Chinese companies has caused a huge number of tragic accidents in recent years following the regeneration of the private sector in China, resulting in the deaths of thousands of people.
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  Organising Wal-Mart in China: two steps forward, one step back for China's unions

  Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australia, 2007

  The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has set up shop in 22 Wal-Mart supercentres across China, but will this state-run union have any power? This paper traces the process that led to the unionisation of Wal-Mart in China and highlights lessons learned for labour organising.
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  CSR communication in China: a survey of online CSR communication in domestic and foreign companies operating in China

  Environment-oriented Enterprises Consultancy Zhejiang, 2007

  Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is slowly gaining its footing in China, with increasing discussion within the political, business and academic arenas. This report reviews the CSR activities of the 30 largest (by revenue) foreign and 30 largest and best recognised domestic companies operating in China.
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  Environmental and social impact analysis: Stora Enso plantation project in Guangxi, China

  United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), China, 2006

  This report presents the findings, analysis, and recommendations of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) on the Stora Enso (a Finnish-Swedish joint venture) forest plantation project in Guangxi Zhuang, China.
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  The great leap backward?

  Foreign Affairs [Journal], 2007

  China's environmental problems are mounting. Water pollution and water scarcity are burdening the economy, rising levels of air pollution are endangering the health of millions of Chinese, and much of the country's land is rapidly turning into desert. While Chinese government has implemented environmental regulations, it is unable to enforce their regulation.
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  Corporate and environmental and social responsibility in the East Asia and Pacific region: review of emerging practice

  World Bank, 2006

  The economies of the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region have grown rapidly over the last few decades. However, this rapid growth was accompanied by considerable environmental damage, such as water and air pollution deforestation, biodiversity loss, and climate change impacts.
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  Cost of pollution in China: economic estimates of physical damages

  World Bank, 2007

  While rapid economic growth in China has brought millions of people out of poverty, the environmental consequences of China’s industrialisation is proving to be very costly. This study estimates the physical and economic cost of air and water pollution in China and argues that this development has huge economic consequences and which are disproportionately felt by the poor.
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  Wal-Mart’s sweatshop monitoring fails to catch violations: the story of toys made in China for Wal-Mart

  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 sourcing policies in five Chinese supplier factories.
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  Easy to manage: a report on Chinese toy workers and the responsibility of the companies

  Fair Trade Center, 2005

  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 develops possible reasons of why the companies' ethical demands have not led to more improvements.
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  Turning the garment industry inside out: purchasing practices and workers’ lives

  Oxfam Hong Kong, 2004

  Based on field research conducted in Hong Kong, China and Cambodia, this paper reports on workers’ conditions in garment factories, the hidden costs for women workers, and the purchasing practices in the industry.

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