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Browsing Library by Subject "Labor"
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A Global Alliance Against Forced Labour: Report I (B)
(2005-01-18)Explains how the concept of forced labor is defined in international law and discusses some parameters for identifying contemporary forced labor situations in practice. Provides the first minimum global estimate of the ... -
A Rapid Assessment of Bonded Labour in Hazardous Industries in Pakistan: Glass Bangle-Making, Tanneries, and Construction
(2004-03-01)This working paper is one of a series of Rapid Assessments of bonded labor in Pakistan, each of which examines a different economic sector. The aim of these studies is to inform the implementation of the Government of ... -
Advancing the Campaign Against Child Labor – Volume II: Addressing the Worst Forms of Child Labor
(2002-01-01)“This report examines some action strategies related to efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, some issues in developing these strategies, and some examples of how strategies have been implemented in actual ... -
Advancing the Campaign Against Child Labor – Volume III: The Resource Allocations of National Governments and International Financial Institutions
(2004-01-01)The report provides information on the child labor situation in 73 developing countries. -
Advancing the Campaign Against Child Labor: Efforts at the Country Level
(2002-01-01)The report builds upon the ILAB’s 1998 report, including information on additional countries in regards to child labor. -
Advancing the Global Campaign Against Child Labor: Progress Made and Future Actions
(2001-01-01)A report of the conference hosted by the Department of Labor, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization, on May 17, 2000. The document “contains an edited collection of the speeches and papers prepared ... -
Bonded Labor in India: Its Incidence and Pattern
(2005-04-01)This Working Paper on the incidence and patterns of bonded labour in India was commissioned as an input to the ILO Director-General’s second global report on forced labor, entitled A global alliance against forced labor, ... -
Business Ethics in the Textile, Clothing and Footwear (TCF) Industries
(2000-09-28)A detailed overview of the multiple facets of Codes of Conduct. Includes an examination of the codes of several companies. -
By the Sweat and Toil of Children – Volume I: The Use of Child Labor in American Imports
(1994-01-01)A report to U.S. Congress on the international child labor problem providing an overview of the export industries using child labor, the conditions of employment, contributing factors to the use of child labor, government ... -
Chinese Migrants and Forced Labour in Europe
(2004-07-01)A working paper prepared to support the advocacy mission of the ILO’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up. Focuses on human trafficking of Chinese migrants in Europe and analyzes ... -
Code of Labour Practices for the Apparel Industry Including Sportswear
(1998-02-01)Code of labor practices which Clean Clothes Campaign seeks to have agreed to and enforced by companies at international level. The code sets forth minimum standards for wages, working time and working conditions and ... -
Codes of Conduct: Self Regulation in a Global Economy
(2001-04-09)Program paper that details changes in corporate regulation and assesses their significance. Explores the drivers that account for the growth of corporate codes of conduct and the different stakeholders and interest groups ... -
Comments on Papers by Eli Ginsberg and Jack Stieber
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Comments on the Papers by Vicki Ruiz and Sharon Strom
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Corporate Codes of Conduct and Labor Standards
(1998-03-05)Working paper that reviews the historical precedents of the current phase of globalization and previous attempts to construct an international institutional framework to simultaneously promote faster growth, free trade and ... -
Corporate Social Responsibilities, an Overview of Principles and Practices
(2004-05-08)[Excerpt] In this paper Dr. Murray, of the University of Melbourne, argues that the public discourse on Corporate Social Responsibility has evolved into a quite stylized debate which tends to focus on one particular facet ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility in Indonesia: Quixotic Dream or Confident Expectation?
(2001-12-09)Program paper that discusses the corporate standard of Indonesian companies and the absence of a movement to adopt codes in Indonesian corporate culture. The primary focus is on the limitations of the Corporate Code of ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility: Challenges and Opportunities for Trade Unionists
(2002-11-09)Presents a background of the corporate initiative at self regulation. Criticizes certain components of the concept from the perspective of trade unions. -
Corrupt Audits Damage Worker Rights: A Case Analysis of Corruption in Bureau Veritas Factory Audits
(2009-12-01)Analysis of various forms of corruption that undermine the factory audit process, with a particular focus on auditors from Bureau Veritas. -
Crushed: A Survey of Work Injuries and Treatment in the Pearl River Delta
(2005-09-01)Describes the inattention paid by the Chinese government and corporations to worker injuries in the Dongguan and Shenzhen Provinces. Provides recommendations for tackling the institutional and technical roots of work-related ...
