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  Experience from Bangladesh with ethical trading initiatives

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2003

  Codes of conduct are often imposed upon producers supplying Northern markets with the aim of improving working conditions in factories in the South.
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  UN Sub-Commission draft norms on the responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights

  United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 2003

  This document constitutes a set of specific human rights guidelines on the diverse challenges affecting a broad range of industries. They are being presented for endorsement by the Human Rights Commission in March 2004.
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  Too many codes of practice? Towards cohesion and sustainability in ethical trade

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Ethical trade is becoming sexy. Codes of practice to help companies monitor social and environmental performance and relationships with suppliers are proliferating. Why are there so many? Why has there been greater concern for the environment than for the welfare of developing country workers at the end of supply chains? Can ethical sourcing and sustainability come to be part of the same agenda?
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  Companies change tack. Can they achieve development goals through ethical trade?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  How useful is ethical trade in addressing global development issues? Private companies are now taking greater social responsibility for improving employment conditions in the export markets that supply them by way of corporate codes of conduct.
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  Caring corporations? Business and social responsibility in Indonesia

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  How can transnational corporations (TNCs) be made more socially responsible? This study looks at efforts to change business practices in Indonesia and asks whether corporate social responsibility is relevant to the current state of crisis in the region.
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  Raising gender sensitivity: ethical trade in African horticulture

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  African producers exporting fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers to UK supermarkets now have to meet codes of conduct covering their conditions of employment. Much of the workforce is female seasonal labour, with men predominantly occupying permanent and more secure work. Employment conditions are often far worse for women.
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  Finding the way forward: how could voluntary action move mining towards sustainable development?

  Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development Project, IIED, 2002

  This report is primarily based on a review of research into the role of voluntary activities in the mining sector.
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  Addressing poverty issues in tourism standards: a review of experience

  Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2003

  This working paper reviews the extent to which poverty reduction has been addressed in a number of different tourism standards.
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  Ethical trading : a force for improvement, or corporate whitewash?

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2001

  This paper considers the challenges facing stakeholders in one particular case of private sector self-regulation: the Ethical Trading Initiative’s pilot project in monitoring compliance with its ‘Base Code’ in the South African wine industry. It explores questions arising both out of direct participation in ETI monitoring and inspection processes and out of independent research.
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  AA1000 Assurance Standard

  AccountAbility, 2003

  Despite an increase in sustainability reporting by businesses, in response to increased stakeholder pressure, reports seem rarely to be used either by stakeholders (including investors) or by management to inform judgements and actions.

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