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"Private regulatory initiatives (PRIs) span a range of industries, sectors, and contexts, with some focusing on discrete supply chains and others on industries and sectors in specific countries or regions. The contributions in this volume coalesce around one basic claim: the inequalities and disparities of power and wealth that are a key characteristic of the contemporary global economy also mark the origins and operation of PRIs (though to varying degrees). This collection highlights the need for discussions about labor, environmental, and other human rights accountability within supply chains to be situated within a broader analysis of the political economy of contemporary supply chain capitalism. It seeks to enrich discussions of PRIs by bringing into conversation the lenses of distributive justice and political economy alongside human rights. Together, the chapters suggest that PRIs will be more legitimate and work best when those workers and communities who are most directly affected are given significant roles in norm production, monitoring, and enforcement. The contributions in this volume demonstrate that understanding how value is legally and contingently created and unequally distributed to different actors along a supply chain is key to opening up opportunities for increasing participation, improving conditions at the "bottom" of that chain, and potentially shifting inequalities within production networks"--
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Key Acronyms
Part I. Framing the Discussion: Private Regulatory Initiatives, Human Rights, and Supply Chain Capitalism
Chapter 1. Private Regulatory Initiatives, Human Rights, and Supply Chain Capitalism
Daniel Brinks, Julia Dehm, Karen Engle, and Kate Taylor
Chapter 2. Closing Gaps in the Chain: Regulating Respect for Human Rights in Global Supply Chains and the Role of Multi-stakeholder Initiatives
Justine Nolan
Part II. Multi-stakeholder Initiatives and the Maldistribution of Power
Chapter 3. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme and the Continuation of "Conflict Diamonds"
Farai Maguwu
Chapter 4. Reforming Commodity Certification Systems to Respect Indigenous Peoples' Rights: Prospects for the Forestry Stewardship Council and Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Marcus Colchester
Chapter 5. What Difference Can Certification Regimes Make? The Mapuche People's Claims for Autonomy and the Forestry Industry in Southern Chile
Charles R. Hale and José Aylwin
Chapter 6. Sustainability Certification and Controversies Surrounding Palm Oil Expansion in Guatemala
Geisselle Vanessa Sánchez Monge
Part III. Worker-Driven Social Responsibility Programs: Attempts to Redistribute Power
Chapter 7. Assessing Feasibility for Worker-Driven Social Responsibility Programs
Sean Sellers
Chapter 8. From Public Relations to Enforceable Agreements: The Bangladesh Accord as a Model for Supply Chain Accountability
Jessica Champagne
Chapter 9. Transformation Through Transparency: Human Rights and Corporate Responsibilities in the Global Food System
Erika George
Part IV. Critical Reflections
Chapter 10. Reflections on Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains: Innovation and Scalability
James J. Brudney
Chapter 11. Situating Human Rights Approaches to Corporate Accountability in the Political Economy of Supply Chain Capitalism
Dan Danielsen
Chapter 12. Taking Consumers Seriously: Public Regulatory Tools of Accountability
Lauren Fielder
Chapter 13. Private Regulatory Initiatives and Beyond: Lessons and Reflections
Daniel Brinks, Julia Dehm, Karen Engle, and Kate Taylor
Notes
List of Contributors
Index
About the author
Edited by Daniel Brinks, Julia Dehm, Karen Engle, and Kate Taylor
Summary
This volume brings together academics and practitioners from around the world to engage in theoretical analysis, case study exploration, and reflection on a variety of private regulatory initiatives (PRIs) that may certify that actors along the global supply chain conform to certain codes of conduct.
