Decent Work and Transnational Governance: Multi-stakeholder initiatives&#039; impact on labour rights in global supply chains

Dr. Thorsten Göbel

doi:10.5771/9783845225852

Summary

This book provides guidance for policy and research on how the enforcement of core labour standards in supplier factories of transnational corporations can be improved. The book not only performs a comparative impact assessment of three multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs), but also develops an analytical model about the influence of "inclusiveness" on MSIs’ effectiveness.

MSIs are institutions of transnational governance. Several of them have been founded in the international textile, garment, footwear and sporting goods industry to address problems with labour rights violations in global supply chains that neither states nor transnational corporations have been able or willing to solve.

The author asks to what extent different MSIs were successful in improving working conditions in supplier factories in developing countries. It performs an analysis of the ILO Better Factories Cambodia Programme, the Fair Labor Association, and the AVE-GTZ project, using nearly 50 qualitative interviews. The book argues that the variation of degrees of effectiveness depends on the different approaches that underlie the work of each MSI – social dialogue, responsible competitiveness, or risk management.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2010
Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-5932-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-2585-2
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 241
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 4 Thorsten Göbel
Preface No access Pages 5 - 12 Thorsten Göbel
1. List of Tables No access Thorsten Göbel
2. List of Figures No access Pages 14 - 14 Thorsten Göbel
Abbreviations No access Pages 15 - 16 Thorsten Göbel
Introduction: Globalisation with a Human Face No access Pages 17 - 20 Thorsten Göbel
1. The formtation of transnational governance institutions No access Pages 21 - 27 Thorsten Göbel
2. MSIs as part of transnational governance No access Pages 27 - 29 Thorsten Göbel
3. MSIs, authority, regulation, and the role of the state No access Pages 29 - 32 Thorsten Göbel
4. Research question No access Pages 32 - 34 Thorsten Göbel
5. Research design for analysing MSI effectiveness No access Pages 34 - 36 Thorsten Göbel
6. Outline: Limits of the study and content No access Pages 36 - 38 Thorsten Göbel
1. 1. Object of evaluation: Three dimensions of effectiveness No access Pages 39 - 45 Thorsten Göbel
  2. Standard of reference No access Pages 45 - 50 Thorsten Göbel
2. 1. No forced labour No access Pages 50 - 52 Thorsten Göbel
  2. No child labour and regulations for underage workers No access Pages 52 - 53 Thorsten Göbel
  3. Non-discrimination No access Pages 53 - 54 Thorsten Göbel
  4. Freedom of association and right to collective bargaining No access Pages 54 - 56 Thorsten Göbel
  5. Occupational safety and health No access Pages 56 - 56 Thorsten Göbel
  6. Conditions of employment No access Pages 56 - 58 Thorsten Göbel
3. Summary and outlook No access Pages 58 - 58 Thorsten Göbel
1. Explaining effectiveness: mapping explanatory factors No access Pages 59 - 61 Thorsten Göbel
2. 1. Defining inclusiveness No access Pages 61 - 63 Thorsten Göbel
  2. Multi-stakeholder membership and decision-making rights No access Pages 63 - 64 Thorsten Göbel
3. 1. Hypothesis about inclusiveness and effectiveness No access Pages 64 - 68 Thorsten Göbel
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    1. - Group size and number of stakeholders No access Thorsten Göbel
    2. - Membership, decision-making rights, and effectiveness No access Thorsten Göbel
    3. - Inclusiveness and effectiveness: The role of power No access Thorsten Göbel
  3. Refining the hypothesis No access Pages 77 - 78 Thorsten Göbel
1. The ILO Better Factories Cambodia Programme No access Pages 79 - 81 Thorsten Göbel
2. The inclusiveness of ILO BFC No access Pages 81 - 83 Thorsten Göbel
3. 1. Output and outcome No access Pages 83 - 85 Thorsten Göbel
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    1. - Impact in general No access Thorsten Göbel
    2. - Impact on forced labour No access Thorsten Göbel
    3. - Impact on child labour and underage workers No access Thorsten Göbel
    4. - Impact on discrimination No access Thorsten Göbel
    5. - Impact on freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining No access Thorsten Göbel
    6. - Impact on occupational safety and health No access Thorsten Göbel
    7. - Impact on conditions of employment No access Thorsten Göbel
4. Inclusiveness and effectiveness No access Pages 98 - 101 Thorsten Göbel
5. 1. Direct economic benefits and commitment No access Pages 101 - 104 Thorsten Göbel
  2. Membership, communication, transparency and commitment No access Pages 104 - 108 Thorsten Göbel
6. The social dialogue approach No access Pages 108 - 117 Thorsten Göbel
7. Summary No access Pages 117 - 118 Thorsten Göbel
1. The Fair Labor Association No access Pages 119 - 121 Thorsten Göbel
2. The FLA’s inclusiveness No access Pages 121 - 122 Thorsten Göbel
3. 1. Output and outcome No access Pages 122 - 124 Thorsten Göbel
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    1. - Impact in general No access Thorsten Göbel
    2. - Impact on forced labour No access Thorsten Göbel
    3. - Impact on child labour and underage workers No access Thorsten Göbel
    4. - Impact on discrimination No access Thorsten Göbel
    5. - Impact on freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining No access Thorsten Göbel
    6. - Impact on occupational safety and health No access Thorsten Göbel
    7. - Impact on conditions of employment No access Thorsten Göbel
4. Inclusiveness and effectiveness No access Pages 139 - 141 Thorsten Göbel
5. Attribution and causal mechanisms No access Pages 141 - 146 Thorsten Göbel
6. The responsible competitiveness approach No access Pages 146 - 150 Thorsten Göbel
7. Summary No access Pages 150 - 152 Thorsten Göbel
1. The AVE-GTZ Project No access Pages 153 - 155 Thorsten Göbel
2. The inclusiveness of AVE-GTZ No access Pages 155 - 156 Thorsten Göbel
3. 1. Output and outcome No access Pages 156 - 157 Thorsten Göbel
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    1. - Impact in general No access Thorsten Göbel
    2. - Impact on forced labour No access Thorsten Göbel
    3. - Impact on child labour and underage workers No access Thorsten Göbel
    4. - Impact on discrimination No access Thorsten Göbel
    5. - Impact on freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining No access Thorsten Göbel
    6. - Impact on occupational safety and health No access Thorsten Göbel
    7. - Impact on conditions of employment No access Thorsten Göbel
4. Inclusiveness and effectiveness No access Pages 170 - 174 Thorsten Göbel
5. Attribution and causal mechanisms No access Pages 174 - 175 Thorsten Göbel
6. The risk management approach No access Pages 175 - 182 Thorsten Göbel
7. Summary No access Pages 182 - 184 Thorsten Göbel
1. 1. Output and outcome No access Pages 185 - 187 Thorsten Göbel
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    1. - Dimensions of the collective optimum compared across cases No access Thorsten Göbel
    2. - Conditions for effectiveness, and unmitigated problems No access Thorsten Göbel
2. Mindsets and approaches No access Pages 194 - 197 Thorsten Göbel
3. The power problem No access Pages 197 - 201 Thorsten Göbel
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    1. - Recommendation 1: Upgrade your approach! No access Thorsten Göbel
    2. - Recommendation 2: Include governments! No access Thorsten Göbel
    3. - Recommendation 3: Review your purchasing practices! No access Thorsten Göbel
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    1. - Recommendation 1: Analyse effects of incentives! No access Thorsten Göbel
    2. - Recommendation 2: Study effects of stakeholder numbers more in-depth! No access Thorsten Göbel
    3. - Recommendation 3: Analyse effects of institutional fields! No access Thorsten Göbel
    4. - Recommendation 4: Broaden research scope! No access Thorsten Göbel
Conclusion: The Curtain Closes No access Pages 209 - 212 Thorsten Göbel
Bibliography No access Pages 213 - 234 Thorsten Göbel
Index No access Pages 235 - 241 Thorsten Göbel