Este extenso informe emprende un análisis de la transparencia de la cadena de suministro, específicamente dentro de la industria del vestido, cuatro años después del colapso de la fábrica en Bangladesh y Pakistán. Detalla la base y los resultados de ...
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Global Supply Chains are about to Get Better, Thanks to Block Chain
Harvard Business Review article does not directly speak to corporate responsibility/accountability with regards to global supply chains, however, it does bring forth the discussion of the future of supply chains. …
El aumento de la legislación de transparencia de la cadena de suministro: ¿qué está en juego para los inversores canadienses?
Descripción: Este informe analiza los mecanismos de impacto y aplicación de varias leyes (específicamente, la Ley de transparencia en las cadenas de suministro de California, la Ley de facilitación comercial y facilitación del comercio de los EE. UU., ...
Sud v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 229 F. Supp. 3d 1075, 1079 (N.D. Cal. 2017)
Facts Plaintiff brought suit against Costco under the California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”), Business and Professions Code sections 17200 et seq.; False Advertising Law (“FAL”), Business and Professions Code sections 17500 …
Supply Chain Overview
This Westlaw Practice Note gives a broad overview of the commercial supply chain. It covers the types of supply chains, the manufacturers, distributors, and other supply chain participants and common …
UN Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs: International Migration Report 2017
This is the 2017 UN report on global migration patterns, including details on the worse conditions that migrant workers face compared to native workers. http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/publications/migrationreport/docs/MigrationReport2017_Highlights.pdf
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF SUBSIDIARIES: Liability of Parent Companies for Human Rights Violations of Subsidiaries (Oct. 2016)
The article first describes the nature of multinational corporations and how their structure lends itself to limited liability in the context of supply chain accountability. The authors then turn to …
Moving from informal to formal sector and what it means for policymakers
The World Bank posted this article by Monami Dasgupta, an analyst at IFMR Finance Foundation. Dasgupta highlights how workers in the informal economy are often missing a regulatory environment which …
Las limitaciones de los regímenes de divulgación de la cadena de suministro
El artículo analiza la viabilidad de los regímenes de divulgación obligatoria a nivel internacional, cuestionando la efectividad de la transparencia de la cadena de suministro implementada por el gobierno, ya que informa (o no informa) las elecciones del consumidor. En definitiva, el artículo postula ...
The Necessity for a Business and Human Rights Treaty
In June 2014, the Human Rights Council passed a resolution establishing an intergovernmental working group to discuss a legally binding instrument relating to transnational corporations and other business enterprises. In …
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