Over the last decade, ugly allegations of corporate complicity in human-rights violations have exploded into one of the most controversial issues of our time. Companies are being held responsible by human-rights advocates for the injustices that are the unintended side effects of economic globalization: union repression in China, forced labor in Burma, child workers in Pakistan, and sweatshop abuse throughout the developing world. Using the story of Levi Strauss and Company as a guide, Karl Schoenberger offers a highly readable assessment of the challenge that the human-rights scourge poses to international business. Schoenberger is sensitive to the interests of activists, politicians, and multinationals, and as a result his call for active corporate engagement and rigorous accountability in promoting the rights of overseas workers carries enormous resonance. Simultaneously impassioned and evenhanded, Levi's Children is a work of profound importance, one that may help us chart our course in the next century. Thorough, well-informed and chatty ... Schoenberger's conclusion is intriguing. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
Product Identifiers
Publisher
GROVE Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN-13
9780802138125
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108472896
Product Key Features
Author
Karl Schoenberger
Publication Name
Levi's Children: Coming to Terms with Human Rights in the Global Marketplace
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Business
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
425g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Karl Schoenberger
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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