Private Sector Voluntary Initiatives on Labor Standards

This paper considers the roles and functions of private sector initiatives that companies voluntarily adopt in order to uphold, monitor, and improve labor standards and working conditions in global supply chains through activities such as corporate codes of conduct, guidelines, recommendations, and...

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Main Author:	Newitt, Kirsten
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	Corporate social responsibility Labor standards collective bargaining working conditions codes of conduct
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12142

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spelling	okr-10986-121422021-04-23T14:02:59Z Private Sector Voluntary Initiatives on Labor Standards Newitt, Kirsten Corporate social responsibility Labor standards collective bargaining working conditions codes of conduct This paper considers the roles and functions of private sector initiatives that companies voluntarily adopt in order to uphold, monitor, and improve labor standards and working conditions in global supply chains through activities such as corporate codes of conduct, guidelines, recommendations, and rules. Over the past 20 years, an array of voluntary private sector initiatives has emerged to improve working conditions in global supply chains. Despite some positive impacts, they appear to be weaker with respect to rights-based and equity issues and most likely benefit permanent workers rather than vulnerable workers in temporary, seasonal, and home-based jobs. One of the most powerful tools for strengthening the impact of voluntary initiatives is to build the capacity of actors in developing countries—including employers, workers, and their representatives and government authorities—to act as agents of change, which would not only strengthen initiatives on labor standards, but potentially also maximize positive spill-over into broader processes of social and economic development. Enduring systemic change can only be achieved through a multi-pronged approach that combines monitoring and capacity-building activities, as well as collaborative action over the long term between different sets of stakeholders, and national governments play a critical role with respect to enacting and enforcing legislation that protects all workers’ rights. 2013-01-18T18:27:49Z 2013-01-18T18:27:49Z 2012-10 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12142 en_US Background Paper for the World Development Report 2013; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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description	This paper considers the roles and functions of private sector initiatives that companies voluntarily adopt in order to uphold, monitor, and improve labor standards and working conditions in global supply chains through activities such as corporate codes of conduct, guidelines, recommendations, and rules. Over the past 20 years, an array of voluntary private sector initiatives has emerged to improve working conditions in global supply chains. Despite some positive impacts, they appear to be weaker with respect to rights-based and equity issues and most likely benefit permanent workers rather than vulnerable workers in temporary, seasonal, and home-based jobs. One of the most powerful tools for strengthening the impact of voluntary initiatives is to build the capacity of actors in developing countries—including employers, workers, and their representatives and government authorities—to act as agents of change, which would not only strengthen initiatives on labor standards, but potentially also maximize positive spill-over into broader processes of social and economic development. Enduring systemic change can only be achieved through a multi-pronged approach that combines monitoring and capacity-building activities, as well as collaborative action over the long term between different sets of stakeholders, and national governments play a critical role with respect to enacting and enforcing legislation that protects all workers’ rights.
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title	Private Sector Voluntary Initiatives on Labor Standards
title_short	Private Sector Voluntary Initiatives on Labor Standards
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Private Sector Voluntary Initiatives on Labor Standards

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