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Winter Weeks 3-8: Labour in International Supply Chains

This article explores the issues surrounding labour in international supply chains, including sweatshops and the role of fair trade. It examines specific examples of sweatshop conditions and discusses concerns related to supply chain labour. The article also touches upon the concept of a "throw away society" and its impact on low wage labour. Furthermore, it delves into the debate surrounding corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ethical interventions in supply chains. The implementation dilemmas of voluntary initiatives and codes, as well as the challenges in addressing child labour, are also discussed. Lastly, the article highlights the limitations of social auditing and the problems faced by suppliers in the garment industry.

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Winter Weeks 3-8: Labour in International Supply Chains

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  1. Winter Weeks 3-8: Labour in International Supply Chains Sweatshops and Fair Trade

  2. Labour in supply chains: introducing the issues

  3. Bad Work: Some Examples When and where did each of the following examples of sweatshop conditions take place?

  4. Example I

  5. Example 2

  6. Answers

  7. Supply Chains

  8. Concerns re supply chain labour

  9. The Cost of $65 Nike Shoes:

  10. Low wage supply chains and “throw away society”

  11. Apparel prices vs other prices

  12. Throw-away society and low wage labour

  13. CSR debate: Issues

  14. Ethics & Compliance Risk in the Supply Chain ECI (2016) p.6

  15. Supply chains: ethical interventions

  16. Fair Trade approach

  17. Supply chain auditing vs FT

  18. Fair Trade Cotton Paradox

  19. Child workers on small FT cotton farm in Bukina Faso

  20. Capital-Intensive Industrial Cotton Production

  21. Organic FT vs Industrial Cotton: Which is more socially responsible?

  22. FT Criticism 1: Distorts Market

  23. FT Criticism 2: “Charity”

  24. What about CSR voluntary standards approach?

  25. CSR Debate: Skeptical positions

  26. CSR Debate: Pro-CSR position

  27. Week 4 Implementation dilemmas: Voluntary initiatives and codes: nature and limitations

  28. Child labour in international supply chains

  29. Child labour rates: region and sector (ILO 2013) <number>

  30. Child labour rates: year and sex (ILO 2013) <number>

  31. Child labour rates: year and age (1LO 2013) <number>

  32. How to address child labour?

  33. Rugs: Certification Programs

  34. Rugmark (Goodweave) criticisms

  35. Voluntary Codes and Multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs)

  36. 1) Industry dominated MSIs

  37. 2) Rich country NGO led/ Industry funded MSIs

  38. MSIs formed after Rana Plaza collapse

  39. Ethical Trading Initiative ETI

  40. 3) Local NGO led MSIs

  41. Week 5 Labour in supply chains continued: Implementation problems and systematic studies

  42. Problems with Codes & Auditing

  43. Social audit limitations 1

  44. Social audit limitations 2

  45. Social audit limitations 3

  46. The Big Squeeze on suppliers

  47. 2012 Apparel Factory Fires

  48. Auditing Problem: Case in Point—Ali Enterprises fire

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