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Labour Standards as a Justification for Trade Barriers: Consumer Concerns, Protectionism and the Evidence

Bakhshi, Samira; Kerr, William A. - 2010

In this article, justifications by producers (economic protectionism), consumers and social advocates (humanitarian motives) for including labour standards in international trade agreements are discussed. To date, little work has been undertaken to determine empirically whether low labour...

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Labour Standards as a Justification for Trade Barriers: Consumer Concerns, Protectionism and the Evidence: Technical Annex

Bakhshi, Samira; Kerr, William A. - 2010

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Towards improved labour standards for construction of minor works in low income countries

Cotton, Andrew P.; Sohail (Khan), M.; Scott, Rebecca E. - 2005

Purpose of the paper: The construction industry is one of the largest employment providers in the developing world. It is also one of the least safe industries, with a high frequency of accidents resulting in financial losses, injuries, disabilities and deaths. Decent working conditions and...

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The cost of failing states and the limits to sovereignty

Chauvet, Lisa; Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - 2007

In this paper, we estimate the costs of state failure, both for the failing state itself and for its neighbours. In our analysis, the cost of failure arises from two distinct sources: organized violence due to the incapacity of the state to ensure its own citizens’ security and low quality of...

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Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chains of Global Brands: A Boundaryless Responsibility? Clarifications, exceptions and implications

Amaeshi, Kenneth; Osuji, Onyeka Kingsley; Nnodim, Paul - 2009

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is increasingly becoming a popular business concept in developed economies. As …) underpinnings of the concept of responsibility. Except where corporate control and or corporate grouping exist, it identifies the … use of power as a critical factor to be considered in allocating responsibility in firm-supplier relationship; and …

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THE ECONOMIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CONCEPT OF RESPONSIBILITY

Trifu, Alexandru; Juravle (Gavra), Ariadna-Ioana; … - 2017

Both the individuals and groups or the large organizations increasingly focus on responsibility: be it the … responsibility in everyday actions or about the responsibility towards business partners, the environment, animals etc. the idea of … assuming responsibility is becoming more and more present in the personal life and in the professional life and also in the …

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ASPECTS OF ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE ACTIVITY OF PROMOTING TOURISM

Hincu, Liliana - 2017

business partners. In this paper we analyze the importance of ethics and moral responsibility in marketing, putting emphasis on …

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Consumer responsibility in the context of transition to green economy in Romania

Serbanescu, Ana; Puie (Răzvanță), Florina; Dinu, … - 2021

awareness of the consumers of their own responsibility in the transition process towards a green economy. Given the obtained … responsibility in this process, being rather inclined to believe that it is rather an obligation of companies to ensure a transition …

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Homer Sarasohn interview, 1988-07-02, part 3

Sarasohn, Homer - 1988

Myron Tribus interviews Homer Sarasohn in Arizona. Sarasohn begins by talking about the history and background of industries such as the Ford Motor Company. Sarasohn says that he joined Booz Allen Hamilton when he returned to the United States from Japan. He then talks about business practices...

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Rethinking 'business is business' : a criticalist perspective on teaching business ethics

Fallon, Wayne; Australian Association for Professional … - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2005

This paper reports on a study into student perceptions of a Socratic approach to teaching business ethics. The paper lays out a criticalist proposition that there is a discourse of ?ethics-in-business? in which ethics are, pragmatically, subsumed by a more strategic economics focus to business...

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