Corporate Social Responsibility in the Legal Framework of Global Value Chains

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Talya Ucaryilmaz Deibel
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Moral Economic ◽  
Corporate Social

Abstract What is the place of voluntary self-regulation in today’s international trade? Can we continue to understand the contract in its relation to the historical unity of state and law considering the massive transformation of the closely related dichotomies between national and international, public and private, and hard law and soft law? What is the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the contemporary debate over global value chains (GVCs)? This paper addresses on the role of law in societal challenges arising from the kaleidoscopic view of globalization. GVCs operate through interdependent contracts and in relation to multiple normative orders that impose moral, economic, and legal obligations. This paper seeks to re evaluate the role of contract law in its relation to sustainable and ethical global trade. The perspective it develops prioritizes the interaction between extra-legal considerations in contract law and the momentum of CSR as well as the historical dynamics of law, economics, and politics.

Corporate social responsibility: A supplier-centered perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 1700-1709
Author(s):  
Peter Lund-Thomsen
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Global South ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Global North ◽  
Corporate Social

This article develops a supplier-centered approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) in global value chains (GVCs) by answering the research question: why are suppliers in the Global South that are integrated into GVCs often highly skeptical of CSR? As CSR constitutes a vague and contested term, we undertake a short review of some of the most dominant CSR conceptions that have emerged in the last 20 years. We argue that these CSR definitions are often framed and promoted by key actors in the Global North, the home of many lead firms, in ways that overlook the unique challenges and broader circumstances faced by suppliers and countries in the Global South. We conclude by combining the key considerations of local suppliers in a more consolidated supplier perspective on CSR in GVCs.

Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives and Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Value Chains

2017 ◽  
pp. 241-257
Author(s):  
Ahmad Hassan ◽  
Peter Lund-Thomsen
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Governance Processes

In this chapter, we make a contribution to the literature on corporate social responsibility in global value chains that link dispersed consumers and importers in developed countries with local manufacturers, workers, and communities in developing countries. We create an integrated analytical framework and a methodology that can guide master-level and Ph.D. students as well as practitioners on how they may map the governance processes through which multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) in global value chains are formulated, implemented, monitored as well as the impact that MSI standards have on the work conditions of those laboring at the base of global value chains. We use a stylized case study of fair trade in the football manufacturing industry in Pakistan to illustrate how the framework and the methodology might be applied to the empirical analysis of MSI governance processes and their impacts on workers' conditions in export-oriented industries in the South.

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