Global supply chain dynamics and labour governance : implications for social upgrading

Joonkoo Lee

This paper examines how the emergence and change of the fragmented cross-national production system affects social upgrading in developing countries, focusing on the impact of private governance on labour conditions and workers’ rights. It also discusses the role of private voluntary standards in governing labour relations in GSCs, and their limitations and tensions with buyers’ purchasing practices.

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Year of publication:	[2016]
Authors:	Lee, Joonkoo
Publisher:	Geneva : ILO
Subject:	global supply chains \| labour standards \| private governance \| purchasing practices \| shiftingend market \| social upgrading \| synergistic governance \| Lieferkette \| Supply chain \| Sozialstandards \| Labour standards \| Globalisierung \| Globalization \| Arbeitsbedingungen \| Working conditions \| Welt \| World \| Governance-Ansatz \| Governance approach