Normativity, Ethics, and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A Critical Assessment

This article critically assesses the work of the UN Special Representative for Business and Human Rights (SRSG) John Ruggie. The article adopts a normative perspective on the issue. Thus, its …

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Buying power and human rights in the supply chain: legal options for socially responsible public procurement of electronic goods

Several scandals involving well-known electronics brands have highlighted the exploitative and unsafe conditions under which many workers operate in the industry’s long and complex supply chains. As large-scale consumers of …

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Review of the complaint mechanism created by the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises promulgated by the OECD

John Ruggie and Tamaryn Nelson study the complaint mechanism created by the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises promulgated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. They see if there are any …

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Example of a Global Framework Agreement between Total and IndustriALL.

Example of a Global Framework Agreement between Total, the large French oil and gas company, and the IndustriALL Global Union. IndustriALL website, http://www.industriall-union.org/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/GFAs/Total/accord_monde_csr_total_-_industriall_global_union_-_22_janvier_2015_-_finale_-_english.pdf

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Global Labor Recruitment in Supply Chain Context

The paper examines the market structure of international labour recruitment, how it works and why regulations fail. It then argues for a joint liability approach to regulating recruitment, examining government led approaches in …

Dialogic Labor Regulation in the Global Supply Chain

This journal article in the Michigan Journal of International Law has a focus on transnational private labor regulation along with regulatory interactions in the space of Supply Chains.

Labor Exploitation, Trafficking and Migrant Health: Multi-country Findings on the Health Risks and Consequences of Migrant and Trafficked Workers

There are an estimated 232 million international migrants and 740 million internal migrants worldwide, most of whom are in search of work. Global assessments also suggest that a substantial proportion …

Turning a Blind Eye?: Respecting Human Rights in Government Purchasing

This report examines the role of U.S. government supply chains—and their emphasis of low-bid, high-scale competition—in the commission of human rights abuses. With this report, the authors examine the agency …

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Chain liability in multitier supply chains? Responsibility attributions for unsustainable supplier behavior

When it becomes publicly known that products are associated with suppliers that engage in unsustainable behaviors, consumers protest, as Nestlé, Zara, and Kimberly Clark, among others, have learned. The phenomenon …

Investing in Human Rights: Using Bilateral Investment Treaties to Hold Multinational Corporations Liable for Labor Rights Violations

Hang contextualizes recent labor violations by multinational corporations in light of Chinese labor law and the development of bilateral investment treaties (BITs). She contends that BITs have provided inadequate protections …

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