Lessons from Nike

Motivation
Globalization of production has provoked fierce debate
over labor standards
Child labor, excessive work hours, hazardous working
conditions, poor wages rampant in 3 rd world factories
In absence of functioning international organizations
capable of promoting global justice and/or nation­states
willing or able to enforce domestic labor codes, codes of
conduct and other forms of private voluntary regulation
have become dominant method MNCs and NGOs address
problems with labor standards
Does Monitoring Work?
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