TY - BOOK ID - 138041558 TI - Private regulation of labor standards in global supply chains : problems, progress, and prospects PY - 2021 SN - 1501754521 150175453X PB - Ithaca : ILR Press, DB - UniCat KW - Industrial relations. KW - Industrial procurement KW - Industries KW - Employee rights. KW - Social responsibility of business. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Self-regulation. KW - Corporate codes of conduct and labor, sweatshop labor, Social and environmental sustainability, Corporate responsibility,. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138041558 AB - This work examines the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility on improving labor standards in global supply chains. Sarosh Kuruvilla charts the development and effectiveness of corporate codes of conduct to ameliorate 'sweatshop' conditions in global supply chains. This form of private voluntary regulation, spearheaded by Nike and Reebok, became necessary given the inability of third world countries to enforce their own laws and the absence of a global regulatory system for labor standards. ER -