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dc.contributor.convenorRay Markey
dc.contributor.authorHarpur, Paul
dc.contributor.authorPeetz, David
dc.contributor.editorLaneyrie, Frances
dc.contributor.editorLi, Lizzie
dc.contributor.editorMarkey, Ray
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-20T12:00:36Z
dc.date.available2017-11-20T12:00:36Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2011-06-29T08:10:04Z
dc.identifier.refurihttp://airaanz.eventsmart.co.nz/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/39296
dc.description.abstractThe corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement pressures corporations to reject the shareholder primacy model of corporate governance in favour of multiple objectives. We examine how effective market forces are at ensuring CSR in relation to the application of labour standards within multinational supply chains and locate this in the context of theory of the corporation. As corporations are primarily motivated to engage in CSR to protect their corporate image, they will attempt to do so at the lowest possible cost, which does not necessarily mean improving labour conditions in factories. Many corporations have countered negative CSR publicity by adopting sophisticated campaigns to improve corporate image without improving respect for human rights. Major US corporations pressure governments to avoid binding them to human rights standards, as these would restrict their competitive edge internationally. The high degree of control exercised by finance capital means that the focus on profit maximisation is stronger now than at any time over the previous century. Any attempts to promote responsible corporate behaviour must eventually feature codes of conduct that are verifiable and create legal responsibility.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAssociation of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand
dc.publisher.placeAuckland, New Zealand
dc.publisher.urihttp://airaanz.eventsmart.co.nz/conference-papers/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencename25th AIRAANZ Conference 2011
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleDialogue Downunder: Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2011-02-01
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2011-02-04
dc.relation.ispartoflocationAuckland, New Zealand
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchIndustrial Relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode150306
dc.titleIs Corporate Social Responsibility In Labour Standards An Oxymoron?
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Law
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 AIRAANZ. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the conference's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorPeetz, David R.
gro.griffith.authorHarpur, Paul


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