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    Ethical threads: corporate social responsibility in the Australian Garment Sector

    Brotherhood of St Laurence, 2007
    How do the sourcing and manufacturing practices of Australia’s garment sector relate to corporate social responsibility (CSR), in particular regarding labour rights? What are the garment industry’s views on the voluntary and regulatory frameworks that exist to protect workers locally and overseas?
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    Child bondage continues in Indian cotton supply chain

    India Committee of the Netherlands, 2007
    This document analyses the trends in child employment within the Indian cotton supply chain. It particularly aims to examine the current situation regarding child labour in hybrid cottonseed farms in the four Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamilnadu and Karnataka.
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    Human rights policies of Chinese companies: results from a survey

    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007
    This report documents the human rights policies of 25 Chinese firms in a variety of sectors. The report assesses the existence of policies recognise labour and non-labour human rights when compared with the policies of other companies around the world as documented in the business recognition report. Key findings from the report include:
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    Let’s clean up fashion: 2007 update

    Labour Behind the Label, 2007
    This report provides an update on a 2006 report on international labour standards in the fashion industry. The report reveals that very little has changed for workers over the past twelve months, although there are signs that some in the industry may now be starting to at least consider taking more significant action.
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    International Labour Organisation - Regional Office for Arab States, Beirut (ILO, Beirut)

    The ILO Regional Office for Arab States works to enhance national capacities of Arab States and strengthen social dialogue, in order to enable independent employers' and workers' organiza
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    Corporate social responsibility in China’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector

    Business for Social Responsibility, 2007
    The report focuses on the development of strategy for improving labour and environmental conditions in China’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector with a particular focus on Shenzhen’s ICT sector.
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    Killings, arbitrary detentions, and death threats: the reality of trade unionism in Colombia

    Amnesty International, 2007
    “Don't complain about your labour conditions or campaign to protect your rights because you will be silenced, at any cost" is the message that Columbian trade unionists are receiving. This report highlights the systematic attacks against trade unionists and outlines cases of human rights abuses against them and their families.
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    Seeds of change: impact of interventions by Bayer and Monsanto on the elimination of child labour on farms producing hybrid cottonseed in India

    India Committee of the Netherlands, 2007
    This document discusses issues of child labour with particular reference to the cotton seed supply chain. The report focuses on the impact of two multinational companies actions in India, Bayer and Monsanto.
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    Hard (disk) labour: research report on labour conditions in the Thai electronics sector

    Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2007
    This paper reports on research carried out to assess labour conditions in the Thai ICT hardware sector. It assesses the supliers of major international computer manufactureres such as HP, Acer, Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, Toshiba, Apple, Packard Bell and Sony.
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    Why do Japanese workers remain in the labor force so long?

    Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, 2007
    As part of the search for answers to questions about what could be done to increase labour force participation rates among older American workers, this paper looks at recent developments in Japan, one of the few industrial nations that has substantially higher labour force participation rates among older workers than the United States.

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