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  Sweatshop Blues [ethical business and Levi jeans]

  Global Exchange, 1998

  Describes current practice of Levi Strauss to move production to different countries according to labour regulations and implementation of their 1992 Code of Conduct.
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  Like cutting bamboo: Nike and Indonesian workers' right to freedom of association

  Oxfam, 2000

  This report assesses how well Nike and its factory partners in one country, Indonesia, are protecting two particular rights, freedom of association and collective bargaining. It is based on peviously unpublished taped interview research conducted in Indonesia in March and April 2000.
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  Nike and global labour practices

  New Academy of Business, UK, 2001

  This case study outlines Nike's experience in developing and implementing various labour practice initiatives in its footwear and apparel factories worldwide. Since the introduction of its first Code of Conduct in 1992, Nike has made considerable progress in developing policies, procedures and partnerships to improve working conditions in the factories where its products are manufactured.
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  Corporate social responsibility at nine multinational electronics firms in Thailand: a preliminary analysis

  Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, 2001

  The study examines corporate social responsibility in Thailand's electronic sector, focussing on environmental health and safety management and on labor relations. The first section of the study outlines the research questions and methods and describes the current political and economic context in Thailand.
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  The Apparel Industry and Codes of Conduct: A solution to the International Child Labor problem?

  International Child Labor Program, USA, 1999

  This report is the third volume in ILABs international child labor series. It focuses on the use of child labor in the production of apparel for the U.S. market, and reviews the extent to which U.S. apparel importers have established and are implementing codes of conduct or other business guidelines prohibiting the use of child labor in the production of the clothing they sell.
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  ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work

  International Labour Organization, 1998

  ILO declaration of members' committments to : freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour; the effective abolition of child labour; the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.
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  A Sporting Chance: Tackling child labour in India's sports goods industry

  Christian Aid, 1998

  Research by Christian Aid and the South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS) has found that Indian children - some as young as seven - are routinely stitching footballs for export to Britain. Boys as young as ten were also found to be employed in small workshops manufacturing items such as boxing and cricket gloves for export.
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  Child Labor: Cause, Consequence, and Cure, with Remarks on International Labor Standards

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998

  Should child labor be banned outright? Should the World Trade Organization be given the responsibility to discourage child labor using trade sanctions? The answer to this complicated problem depends on the economic milieu.At least 120 million of the world's children aged 5 to 14 worked full-time in 1995, most of them under hazardous, unhygienic conditions, for more than 10 hours a day.
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  Report on labour practices in Burma

  International Child Labor Program, USA, 1998

  Surveys, analyzes, and summarizes the major allegations US concerning labor practices in Burma.
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  By the Sweat & Toil of Children: Volume IV: Consumer Labels and Child Labor

  International Child Labor Program, USA, 1997

  Analyzes voluntary efforts, particularly labeling initiatives, to inform consumers that measures are being taken to prevent the use of child labor in the production of hand-knotted carpets, leather footwear, footballs and tea.

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