Essays about: "outsourcing workers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words outsourcing workers.

  1. 1. Controlling Social Sustainability in the Apparel Industry : A qualitative study of how Scandinavian apparel companies control social sustainability in their supplier networks

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Annie Berg; Julia Swanemar; [2022]
    Keywords : Outsourcing; CSR; Social sustainability; Supply Chain Management; Apparel Industry; Code of Conduct; Measurement; Control; Responsible purchasing; audits; International standards; ILO; UN; workers rights;

    Abstract : The apparel industry is one of the first industries being criticized and publicly shamed for not taking enough social responsibility for the workers in their supply chain. Today, most of the apparel production takes place in developing countries such as Bangladesh, China, Cambodia and Vietnam. READ MORE

  3. 2. Outsourced or Outforced? : A study on multi-sided food delivery platforms in the gig economy: the business actor perspective.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Torbjörn Moxstad; Julia Pettersson; [2020]
    Keywords : Gig economy; digital platforms; multi-sided platforms; outsourcing; food delivery industry;

    Abstract : The growth of the gig economy has resulted in an increased interest in the relatively new phenomenon of multi-sided digital platforms. Previous research has naturally been focused on one of the key actors on these platforms, namely the gig workers, and how the gig economy has affected the labor market. READ MORE

  4. 3. Labour Governance of Global Supply Chains: A Study of the Implications of Globalization on Labour Law and the Protection and Enforceability of Labour Rights Within Global Supply Chains

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Deria Rumina Yenidogan; [2020]
    Keywords : international labour law global supply chains globalization; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to build an understanding of the current instruments and mechanisms governing global supply chains and to identify the governance gaps in the protection of labour rights. In order to fully understand the implications of globalization on labour law, the thesis undertakes a theoretical framework drawing on transnational labour law perspectives and a conceptual analysis of global supply chains. READ MORE

  5. 4. Who should manage internal projects? : A case study in the Swedish mining industry

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Albin Mikko; Alexander Silfver; [2019]
    Keywords : Project management; project manager; outsource project management; outsource; internal projects; consultant project manager;

    Abstract : Millions of people around the world consider project management as their major task in their profession, yet the demand for project managers is still increasing. To face this demand many organizations use consultants as project managers for their projects. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Race to the Bottom : A Minor Field Study of H&M’s CSR in practice

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Selina Karlsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; Garment Industry; H M; India; Labor Conditions;

    Abstract : CSR has become a tool for global corporations to justify their outsourcing practices in other countries. Despite these CSR policies, reports reveal that labor rights violations are common in these supply chains, and not at least in the garment industry. READ MORE