This book examines and evaluates various private initiatives to enforce fair labor standards
within global supply chains. Using unique data (internal audit reports and access to more …

Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains examines the effectiveness
of corporate social responsibility on improving labor standards in global supply chains …

Although firms in diverse industries increasingly adopt private regulation of labor standards
for workers in their global supply chains, growing scholarly evidence suggests that this …

Poor working conditions in global supply chains have led to private initiatives that seek to
regulate labor practices in developing countries. But how effective are these regulatory …

Private, voluntary compliance programs, promoted by global corporations and
nongovernmental organizations alike, have produced only modest and uneven …

What role can corporate codes of conduct play in monitoring compliance with international
labor standards and improving working conditions in global supply chains? How does this …

Recent research on regulation and governance suggests that a mixture of public and private
interventions is necessary to improve working conditions and environmental standards …

Western stakeholders are increasingly demanding that multinationals sourcing from
developing countries be accountable for labor rights and working conditions upstream in …

What role can corporate codes of conduct play in monitoring compliance with international
labour standards and improving working conditions in global supply chains? Addressing this …

Concern over global labour standards has led to a profusion of non‐governmental forms of
regulation. Systematic evaluation of these systems has been very limited to date. This article …