The NGO-Industrial Complex. / Gary Gereffi and others.
by Gereffi, Gary; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 54Business. Publisher: Foreign Policy, 2001ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Certification | Clothing trade | Consumers -- Attitudes | Corporate environmentalism | Forest products industry | Industries -- Environmental aspects | International business enterprises | Labor unions | Non-governmental organizations | Public opinion polls | Social responsibility of business | Work environmentDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A new global activism is shaming the world's top companies into enacting codes of conduct and opening their Third World factories for inspection. But before you run a victory lap in your new sweatshop-free sneakers, ask yourself: Do these voluntary arrangements truly help workers and the environment, or do they merely weaken local governments while adding more green to the bottom line?" (FOREIGN POLICY) This article examines the effects of nongovernmental organizations campaigning worldwide for better treatment of workers and for a cleaner environment.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: The NGO-Industrial Complex, July/Aug. 2001; pp. 56-65.
"A new global activism is shaming the world's top companies into enacting codes of conduct and opening their Third World factories for inspection. But before you run a victory lap in your new sweatshop-free sneakers, ask yourself: Do these voluntary arrangements truly help workers and the environment, or do they merely weaken local governments while adding more green to the bottom line?" (FOREIGN POLICY) This article examines the effects of nongovernmental organizations campaigning worldwide for better treatment of workers and for a cleaner environment.
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