Pressures associated with globalisation of markets, exacerbated by the 'credit crunch', have placed pressure on many nation states to make their labour markets more 'flexible'. In so doing, many states have sought to reduce labour standards and to diminish the influence of trade…
"This book argues that larger flaws in the global supply chain must first be addressed to change the way business is conducted to prevent factory owners from taking deadly risks to meet clients' demands in the garment industry in Bangladesh. Using the 2013 Rana-Plaza disaster as…
Das vorliegende Lehrbuch richtet sich an alle, die die Prüfung zur Schutz- und Sicherheitskraft vor einer Industrie- und Handelskammer ablegen wollen, und eignet sich zugleich als Nachschlagewerk für die Praxis sowie zur regelmäßigen Weiterbildung. Die aktualisierte 4. Auflage w…
Diese Aufgabensammlung dient der zielgerichteten Vorbereitung auf die Abschlussprüfung im Fach Wirtschafts- und Sozialkunde. Teil 1 enthält über 400 programmierte Aufgaben zur Wirtschafts- und Sozialkunde mit Übersichten und ausführlichen Lösungshinweisen. Die Themen der Aufgabe…
Discusses issues of worker rights and labor standards, considering moral questions and class relations and interests, and examines the practices of the International Labor Organization, the interaction between labor law and U.S. foreign policy, and the activities of labor-based …
"The 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza, an eight-story garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh, killed over a thousand workers and injured hundreds more. This disaster exposed the brutal labor conditions of the global garment industry and revealed its failures as a competitive and self-r…
"Labor Rights and Multinational Production investigates the relationship between workers' rights and multinational production. Mosley argues that some types of multinational production, embodied in directly owned foreign investment, positively affect labor rights. However, other…
"Labor Rights and Multinational Production investigates the relationship between workers' rights and multinational production. Mosley argues that some types of multinational production, embodied in directly owned foreign investment, positively affect labor rights. However, other…
Machine generated contents note: 1. Lifetime disadvantage; 2. Education and training; 3. Stereotyping and gender discrimination; 4. Caregiving and career outcomes; 5. Glass ceilings and pay inequality; 6. Occupational segregation and non-standard working; 7. Pensions and retirem…
