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Power, Participation, and Private Regulatory Initiatives - Human Rights Under Supply Chain Capitalism

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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.


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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










Daniel Brinks is Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Julia Dehm is Senior Lecturer in Law at La Trobe University. Karen Engle holds the Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law at the University of Texas at Austin. Kate Taylor is a human rights lawyer in Melbourne, Australia.

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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.

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Authors Daniel Dehm Brinks
Assisted by Daniel Brinks (Editor), Julia Dehm (Editor), Karen Engle (Editor), Kate Taylor (Editor)
Publisher University of pennsylvania pr
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.09.2021
 
EAN 9780812253313
ISBN 978-0-8122-5331-3
No. of pages 368
Series Pennsylvania Studies in Human
Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

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