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Decent Workplaces, Self-Regulation and CSR: From Puff to Stuff?

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The growth of voluntary initiatives to promote socially responsible business practices has been accompanied by a chorus of criticisms, including claim that much of the activity has been public relations and attempt to deter governments from implementing effective regulations. This paper reviews various types of self-regulating initiative and campaigns that have grown up alongside to assess their effect on labour practices and employment. It concludes by proposing how there could be greater emphasis on market incentives coupled with more effective public measures to induce medium- and small-scale firms to improve their labour practices, including radical overhaul in labour inspectorates functions.

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  • Guy Standing, 2007. "Decent Workplaces, Self-Regulation and CSR: From Puff to Stuff?," Working Papers 62, United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs.
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    1. Valpy FitzGerald, "undated". "Regulating Large International Firms," QEH Working Papers qehwps64, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
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    1. Anna Zueva & Jenny Fairbrass, 2021. "Politicising Government Engagement with Corporate Social Responsibility: “CSR” as an Empty Signifier," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 170(4), pages 635-655, May.
    2. Suwala, Lech & Albers, Hans-Hermann, 2020. "Corporate Spatial Responsibility and Sustainable Development Goals," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 141-153.
    3. Michał Jurek, 2014. "The genesis and evolution of CSR self-regulation with special refer-ence to the case of financial institutions," Working papers wpaper70, Financialisation, Economy, Society & Sustainable Development (FESSUD) Project.

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    Keywords

    debt sustainability; emerging markets; crisis;
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    JEL classification:

    • J5 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
    • J8 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards
    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions
    • J83 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Workers' Rights

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