LEVI'S CHILDREN - COMING TO TERMS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Over the last decade, ugly allegations of corporate complicity in human-rights violations have exploded into one of the most controversial issues of our time. Companies are being held responsible by human-rights advocates for the injustices that are the unintended side effects of economic globalization: union repression in China, forced labor in Burma, child workers in Pakistan, and sweatshop abuse throughout the developing world. Using the story of Levi Strauss & Company as a guide, Karl Schoenberger offers a highly readable assessment of the challenge that the human-rights scourge poses to international business. Schoenberger is sensitive to the interests of activists, politicians, and multinationals, and as a result his call for active corporate engagement and rigorous accountability in promoting the rights of overseas workers carries enormous resonance. Simultaneously impassioned and evenhanded, Levi's Children is a work of profound importance, one that may help us chart our course in the next century. Features Summary Over the last decade, ugly allegations of corporate complicity in human-rights violations have exploded into one of the most controversial issues of our time... Author Karl Schoenberger Publisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Release date 20010508 Pages 304 ISBN 0-8021-3812-8 ISBN 13 978-0-8021-3812-5