Monitoring Sweatshops Workers, Consumers, and The

Name: Monitoring Sweatshops Workers, Consumers, and The
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ISBN: 9781592132560

ISBN-10: 1592132561

ISBN-13: 9781592132560

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jill Esbenshade

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The relationships between workers, businesses & government are changing. Jill Esbenshade examines the new voluntary workplace monitoring initiative in the U.S., the different approaches used by various firms, & the increasing pressure on American companies to introduce self monitoring overseas.

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List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 6/9/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Jill Esbenshade is Assistant Professor of Sociology at San Diego State University.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Monitoring, Sweatshops, and Labor Relations



The Rise and Fall of the Social Contract in the Apparel Industry



The Social-Accountability Contract



Private Monitoring in Practice



Weaknesses and Conflicts in Private Monitoring



The Development of International Monitoring



Examining International Codes of Conduct and Monitoring Efforts



The Struggle for Independent Monitoring


Conclusion: Workers, Consumers, and Independent Monitoring



Confessions of a Sweatshop Monitor




Research Methods



List of Interviews



Acronyms and Abbreviations


Notes


References


Index