Essays about: "global labour"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 171 essays containing the words global labour.
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1. A labour-free childhood? African perspectives on international child rights policies.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärandeAbstract : This paper notes that one prominent trait of Western thinking about children is that childhood should be protected and care-free. For example, if children are engaged in work, their childhood is seen as 'lost'. READ MORE
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2. Global Framework Agreements - A solution to fill the vacuum of global labour law?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : The phenomenon of global framework agreements has emerged through the difficulties of regulating the global labour market where the multinational enterprises' operations have been driven by an economic agenda and profit. The challenges of creating transnational legislation have brought social actors, such as the United Nations and the International Labour Organisation, to initiate self-regulatory instruments. READ MORE
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3. A labour-free childhood? African perspectives on international child rights policies.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärandeAbstract : This paper notes that one prominent trait of Western thinking about children is that childhood should be protected and care-free. For example, if children are engaged in work, their childhood is seen as 'lost'. READ MORE
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4. Bringing human rights due diligence into law: Addressing modern slavery or business as usual? : A postcolonial assessment of the UK Modern Slavery Act’s compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Operating through complex supply chains and multiple jurisdictions, today’s business enterprises can outsource manufacturing to different parts of the world where they can take advantage of low labour- and production costs. In the global quest for businesses to maximise their profits, deteriorating working conditions for offshore labour workers are increasing the risks of human rights abuses. READ MORE
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5. The Effects of Participation in Global Value Chains : A Study of the Effects of Participation in Intermediate Trade on the Value Added Through Services and the Relative Demand for Skilled Workers in the Swedish Manufacturing Industry
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This study aims to investigate the effects of the integration in global value chains on the specialization in the production of services and the relative demand for high-skilled labor in the Swedish manufacturing industry. The empirical model and the predictions are based on theories and findings such as the phenomenon of servicification, the Hecksher-Ohlin theorem, and the Stolper-Samuelsson theorem. READ MORE
