Labor Standards in the Global Economy: Issues for Investors

作者: Pietra Rivoli

DOI: 10.1023/A:1022950301552

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摘要: In the mid-1990s, global labour standards emerged as a new and important are of concern for socially responsible investors, especially with respect to investments in "problematic" footwear, apparel, toy industries. this paper, I elucidate primary areas investors discuss framework evaluating firms' labor performance. addition, argue that today's sweatshop debates follow closely those centuries ago, standard economic defense low wage manufacturing on one hand, activists' protests against poor conditions wages other. An examination historical context reveals promising middle ground ongoing debate.

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