Using a unique data set based on factory audits of working conditions in over 800 of Nike's suppliers in 51 countries, this paper seeks to explore whether or not monitoring for compliance with corporate codes of conduct - currently the principal way both global corporations and labor rights...

This paper examines the use of linear-pricing contracts as well as price-commitment policies in dynamic contracting of multiple-period, finite-time horizons. Two specific forms of price commitment are considered: one on the part of the retailer through retail-fixed-markup contracts and one on...