Shameful Business The Case for Human Rights in the American Workplace

Name: Shameful Business The Case for Human Rights in the American Workplace
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ISBN: 9780801476440

ISBN-10: 0801476445

ISBN-13: 9780801476440

Edition: 2010

Authors: James A. Gross

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In a book that confronts the moral choices that U.S. corporations make every day in the treatment of their workers, James A. Gross issues a clarion call for the transformation of the American workplace based on genuine respect for human rights, rather than whatever the economic and regulatory landscape might allow. Gross questions the nation's underlying fabric of values as reflected in its laws and our assumptions about workers and the workplace. Arguing that our market philosophy is incompatible with core principles of human rights, he forces readers to realign the country's labor policies so that they conform with the highest international human rights standards. To make his case, Gross…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 2/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.94" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.792



Introduction



Justice and Human Rights



"Without Distinction of Any Kind": Race and Human Rights in the United States



The Market Economics Values underlying U.S. Labor Law: Property Rights over Workers' Rights



Property Rights over Freedom of Association Rights: Congressional and Judicial Value Choices



Expanding the Zone of Management Control: Devaluing the Freedom of Association



Violations of the Human Right to Life and Limb: Safety and Health at U.S. Workplaces



The Value Choices of Courts, OSHA, and Labor Arbitrators: Management Rights over Workers' Human Rights



Surreptitious Violations: Human Resources and Workplace Human Rights



Crimes against Humanity: Concluding Thoughts about Choosing Human Rights


Notes


Index