The Promise and Limits of Private Power: Promoting Labor Standards in a Global Economy (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) - Softcover

Locke, Richard M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107670888 ISBN 13: 9781107670884

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This book examines and evaluates various private initiatives to enforce fair labor standards within global supply chains.

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About the Author

Richard M. Locke is Class of 1922 Professor of Political Science and Management, Deputy Dean of the Sloan School of Management and Head of the Political Science Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His current research focuses on improving labor and environmental conditions in global supply chains. Working with leading firms such as NIKE, Coca Cola and HP, Locke and his students have been showing how corporate profitability and sustainable business practices can be reconciled. Locke is the author of Working in America (with Paul Osterman, Thomas Kochan and Michael Piore, 2001), Employment Relations in a Changing World Economy (with Thomas Kochan and Michael Piore, 1995) and Remaking the Italian Economy (1995, 1997). He was awarded the Jamieson Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2008 and the MIT Class of 1960 Teaching Innovation Award in 2007. Locke was named a 2005 Faculty Pioneer in Academic Leadership by The Aspen Institute.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107670888
• ISBN 13: 9781107670884
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228