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Rising above Sweatshops: Innovative Approaches to Global Labor Challenges
Author(s): Richard A. Wokutch (Author, Editor), Laura P. Hartman (Author, Editor), Denis Arnold (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Praeger
- Publication Date: 30 Dec. 2003
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 440 pages
- ISBN-10: 1567206182
- ISBN-13: 9781567206180
Book Description
Part I provides an overview of global labor challenges from a broad variety of perspectives, including economics, public policy, philosophy, and strategic management. The facts and contention of the new sweatshop school of thought are analyzed, along with industrialization and utilization of labor in developing countries; the application of basic human rights to the circumstances of workers; the unique role of nongovernmental organizations in the debate over global labor practices; and the Total Responsibility Management approach to implementing improved labor practices.
Part II analyzes case studies, based on original field research, of well-known global corporations. The examined programs provide examples of innovative responses by multinational firms, the International Labor Organization, and other NGOs to challenges regarding global labor practices. These cases can help other firms avoid the unhappy dilemma of either exploiting workers and enduring a public relations backlash, or terminating operations in various developing nations. The true solution lies in companies respecting worker rights, while benefiting from the economic advantages of a global labor market.
Editorial Reviews
Review
?[O]ffers theoretical and moral justifications for corporations to protect human rights in their supply chains….[p]rovides excellent case studies of how and why various firms that have abused or protected workers.?-Human Rights & Human Welfare
?Through a multidisciplinary collection of theoretical articles and case studies, the editors address the globalization dilemma of providing inexpensive access to goods and services while not exploiting workers in poor underdeveloped countries….Recommended. Faculty, upper-division and graduate students, and business professionals interested in globalization issues.?-Choice
“ÝO¨ffers theoretical and moral justifications for corporations to protect human rights in their supply chains….Ýp¨rovides excellent case studies of how and why various firms that have abused or protected workers.”-Human Rights & Human Welfare
“[O]ffers theoretical and moral justifications for corporations to protect human rights in their supply chains….[p]rovides excellent case studies of how and why various firms that have abused or protected workers.”-Human Rights & Human Welfare
“Through a multidisciplinary collection of theoretical articles and case studies, the editors address the globalization dilemma of providing inexpensive access to goods and services while not exploiting workers in poor underdeveloped countries….Recommended. Faculty, upper-division and graduate students, and business professionals interested in globalization issues.”-Choice
About the Author
DENIS G. ARNOLD is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
RICHARD E. WOKUTCH is Pamplin Professor of Management, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech.
