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Trading away our rights: women working in global supply chains
Oxfam, 2004While much research has focused on the content of labour codes of conduct and how suppliers meet them, this paper argues that in practice it is the supply-chain purchasing practices of the large companies themselves that undermine the labour standards the codes claim to support.The paper argues that a new model of business practice that requires increasing flexibility through "just-in-time" delDocumentSummary of the main points contained in the conclusions and recommendations of the final report of the extractive industries review
Forest Peoples Programme, 2003This document summarises the main points in the conclusions and recommendations sections of the World Bank’s Final Report of the Extractive Industries Review (EIR).DocumentIntellectual and cultural property rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Asia
Minority Rights Group International, 2003This report looks at efforts by the UN and governments to protect indigenous and tribal heritage from exploitation; the pressures on governments to allow exploitation of indigenous knowledge; the many initiatives taken by Asian indigenous and tribal peoples to protect their heritage; and the effects of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the Trade-Related Aspects of InternationalDocumentSudan, oil, and human rights
Human Rights Watch, 2003This report examines the human cost of oil, and corporate complicity in the Sudanese government’s human rights abuses. It finds that oil is an important obstacle to lasting peace in Sudan, and oil revenues have been used by the government to obtain weapons and ammunition that have enabled it to intensify the war and expand oil development.DocumentWorkers’ tool or PR ploy? A guide to codes of international labour practice
Dialogue on globalisation, 2003Ethical production and consumption is the aim of several trade-related initiatives launched in recent years, including social labelling, WTO campaigns, framework agreements and codes of conduct.DocumentStrengthening implementation of corporate social responsibility in global supply chains
World Bank, 2003The specific objectives of this study are to a) identify the key barriers to improved implementation of codes of conduct at the level of suppliers, and b) identify and prioritize viable options for addressing these barriers.DocumentGlobalisation, humanitarianism and the erosion of refugee protection
Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2000The paper analyses the relationship between globalisation and humanitarianism, and examines what the implications are for refugee protection.DocumentGlobalizing embedded liberalism: some lessons for the WTO's 'development' round from the New International Economic Order (NIEO)
Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, 2003Over the past four decades, efforts have been made at the United Nations to overcome the asymmetrical structure of world trade and distribute the benefits from participation in the trading system more equally.DocumentFar from home: do foreign investors import higher standards of governance in transition economies?
Social Science Research Network, 2002This paper argues that while a number of recent studies have shown that corruption inhibits foreign direct investment (FDI), comparatively little attention has been given to the behavior of those who have invested in corrupt countries.DocumentGlobal accountability report
One World Trust, 2003Report compares the accountability of Inter-governmental Organisations (IGOs), Trans-national Corporations (TNCs) and International NGOs, assessing eighteen of the world’s most powerful organisations.Pages
